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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
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Subject: Re: Could D. Black have legal problems?
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Date: Tue, 8-Oct-85 17:15:47 EDT
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>The hell it's not.  "You shall know the truth, and the truth will make you
>free".  In the long run, teaching kids socialism is dangerous, and I can damned
>well prove it: look how many people on this net believe in socialism.  The
>
>                                                Rick.

Some proof!  I guess the underlying assumption is that because many
people see the benefits of socialism, their understanding must be
false.  By analogy, because few people believe the benefits of
libertarianism, their beliefs must be true, eh?  Second underlying
assumption:  having a false belief is dangerous.  The second
assumption may be true, and it is possible that belief in the benefits
of socialism is false, but pointing to the fact that a large number
of people believe it as a proof of its danger ... Logic, anyone?

How do you discover the truth, Rick?  Answer that, and you can have
the world for your oyster.

(OK, I know.  Just believe -- it's all in the Good Book if you can
decipher it correctly, and not as those other misguided souls read it.)
-- 

Martin Taylor
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