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To: Larry Lucido
Agree. The doctrine of the "just price" was rubbish in the twelfth century. It was rubbish in the thirtenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth centuries. It is rubbish today.

And the proof is simple: the free market needs no coercion; it will create itself spontaneously from the interactions of free individuals. A false market based on the "just price" requires coercion or the threat of coercion behind every transaction.

The merchant has no business offering an opinion about theology. And the theologian has no business offering an opinion about merchandising.

10 posted on 10/01/2005 1:59:33 AM PDT by John Locke
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To: John Locke
The merchant has no business offering an opinion about theology. And the theologian has no business offering an opinion about merchandising.

Utter rubbish. The free exchange of ideas is key in any discussion of free individuals.

20 posted on 10/01/2005 10:58:04 AM PDT by Maeve (Praying .......)
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To: John Locke
And the proof is simple: the free market needs no coercion; it will create itself spontaneously from the interactions of free individuals. A false market based on the "just price" requires coercion or the threat of coercion behind every transaction.

Kinda like how the universe spontaneously created itself with no meaning or purpose whatsoever?

The merchant has no business offering an opinion about theology. And the theologian has no business offering an opinion about merchandising.

Just like with scientists and theologians.

At least you people are consistent.

46 posted on 10/02/2005 8:28:55 AM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (Ki-hagoy vehamamlakhah 'asher lo-ya`avdukh yo'vedu!)
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