X-Message-Number: 21834 From: Subject: Re: Cryonet# 21823 Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 06:43:37 +0000 Yes, we have become what we are because we cooperate. NO, we have not become what we are because "our arms were twisted" by government bureaucrats (Tom Dashacel, Ted Kennedy, George Bush, L.B.J., F.D.R., Jimmy Carter,...ad nauseum!). You say "...the alternative is simply not an option." The only alternative I can think of is individual freedom and self responsibility! That MOST CERTAINLY IS A VIABLE OPTION to your statism!! Yes, humans are greedy and we owe our civilization to that fact. I assume you don't work to support your neighbor, rather you work to support your greedy needs (home, car, food, entertainment, family,...etc.) The type of greed that is destructive is seen in parasites who elect politicians who steal (yes, taxes are most certainly theft but of a different kind...if the victim doesn't fork over the loot HE goes to jail) wealth from the producer and redistributes it to the parasitic non- producer. You need a change of world view from that of a statist to someone who respects individualism and self responsibility. Jerry T. Searcy Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21834