Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!bionet!arisia!sgi!shinobu!odin!maddog!pkr From: pkr@maddog.sgi.com (Phil Ronzone) Newsgroups: alt.individualism Subject: Re: Phil Ronzone's stereo Message-ID: <2847@odin.SGI.COM> Date: 16 Jan 90 19:35:56 GMT References: <2310@odin.SGI.COM> <12569@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <2356@odin.SGI.COM> <1990Jan13.090428.25775@agate.berkeley.edu> <2818@odin.SGI.COM> <8ZggXmy00W0TM96LF=@andrew.cmu.edu> Sender: news@odin.SGI.COM Distribution: usa Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 23 In article <8ZggXmy00W0TM96LF=@andrew.cmu.edu> jb3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jon Allen Boone) writes: >I suppose that means you. Why is that so? Why are *you* the one who >gets to decide who has property rights and who doesn't? I, >personally, prefer a more utilitarian approach - if i need to utilize >it, i do so, irregardless of who "owns" it. However, if i am not >using it, i will either "lend" or "give" it away to others who can or >will use it. Also, there is a difference between wanting to use it >and needing to use it. As the above posting shows, communism lives on in the hearts and minds ... I DON'T decide WHO has property rights. That may be the burning issue in your mind, but not mine. I ASSERT that my property is my property and that no one has the right to take it without my permission. ------Me and my dyslexic keyboard---------------------------------------------- Phil Ronzone Manager Secure UNIX pkr@sgi.COM {decwrl,sun}!sgi!pkr Silicon Graphics, Inc. "I never vote, it only encourages 'em ..." -----In honor of Minas, no spell checker was run on this posting---------------