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To: HumanaeVitae
Society, through the democratic process, evaluates behaviors and then decides if they advance the public good...We put it to a vote. One side wins.

That is democracy. It is not liberty. Do you consider yourself a small d democrat? Your theory defines it.

Prohibiting all actions that do not in themselves advance the public good is the ultimate in collectivism. It surpasses communism in its potential for control. A people under such a system could not truthfully claim to be free.

150 posted on 03/19/2003 10:30:58 AM PST by freeeee
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To: freeeee
You'd be surprised, freeee, at how much Marxism and Randian libertarianism have in common. First: flawed view of human nature. Libertarians believe people are naturally good, i.e. "Why shouldn't everyone have a right to have a nuclear bomb? Who in the world would use it for evil purposes?"

And so on.

156 posted on 03/19/2003 10:37:36 AM PST by HumanaeVitae
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To: freeeee
Prohibiting all actions that do not in themselves advance the public good is the ultimate in collectivism.

Straw man.

235 posted on 03/19/2003 11:29:21 AM PST by Aquinasfan
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