Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf4.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!philabs!cmcl2!acf4!mms1646 From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: The Bishop of Durham Speaks Out Message-ID: <1340025@acf4.UUCP> Date: Sat, 20-Apr-85 10:34:00 EST Article-I.D.: acf4.1340025 Posted: Sat Apr 20 10:34:00 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 22-Apr-85 07:24:47 EST References: <569@abnji.UUCP> Organization: New York University Lines: 29 >/* nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) / 7:54 am Apr 17, 1985 */ >Sunday night on BBC Radio 4 the Bishop of Durham said about Thatcherism >(This can also be applied to Reaganomics): > > To return to the ethics of the 19th century entrepreneurial > induvidualism is either nonsense or else a firm declaration > that induvidual selfishness and organised greed are the > only effective motivations for human behaviour. > >Any comments? >-- >James C. Armstrong, Jnr. ihnp4!abnji!nyssa I realy wouldn't expect anything less idiotic out of the mouth of a religious leader. This is realy interesting: "19th century entrepenurial INDIVIDUALISM" supports "ORGANIZED greed." What in the world is "organized greed" anyway? Unfortunately, most of the world continues to concur with the bishop that selfishness is evil. Michael Sykora