Re: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-08-06 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 8:05 PM, William T Goodall wrote: > William T Goodall > Mail : w...@wtgab.demon.co.uk > Web  : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk > Blog : http://web.me.com/williamgoodall/blog/ > > Every Sunday Christians congregate to drink blood in honour of their zombie > master. So what's wr

Results confirm theory as Kepler tracks extrasolar planet

2009-08-06 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
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Brin: Libertarian Morality--Up with good King John, down with Robin Hood.

2009-08-06 Thread Trent Shipley
I wrote a suggestion to my Arizona State legislators about de-funding the state universities in favor of tuition vouchers. Vouchers would be in keeping with Arizona's conservative libertarian bias in favor of a low taxes-low wages-strong small business environment. If I lived in Massachusetts or

Re: Brin: Libertarian Morality--Up with good King John, down with Robin Hood.

2009-08-06 Thread David Hobby
Trent Shipley wrote: I wrote a suggestion to my Arizona State legislators about de-funding the state universities in favor of tuition vouchers. ... Dear Senator Linda Gray, Representative Doug Quelland, and Representative Jim Weiers, ... “Be it resolved that the mission of Arizona's public

Re: Brin: Libertarian Morality--Up with good King John, down with Robin Hood.

2009-08-06 Thread Trent Shipley
David Hobby wrote: > Trent Shipley wrote: >> I wrote a suggestion to my Arizona State legislators about de-funding >> the state universities in favor of tuition vouchers. > ... >>> Dear Senator Linda Gray, Representative Doug Quelland, and >>> Representative Jim Weiers, > ... >>> “Be it resolved

Re: Brin: Libertarian Morality--Up with good King John, down with Robin Hood.

2009-08-06 Thread David Hobby
Trent Shipley wrote: Hi. It's interesting. I wonder about the last bit, though. How does one tell whether or not a profession is "essential"? (I can certainly name some that I feel are NOT essential, but let's get beyond our personal biases.) One answer may be "a profession is essential

Re: [Brin]: Libertarian Morality--Up with good King John, down with Robin Hood.

2009-08-06 Thread Trent Shipley
David Hobby wrote: > Trent Shipley wrote: > >>> Hi. It's interesting. I wonder about the last bit, >>> though. How does one tell whether or not a profession >>> is "essential"? (I can certainly name some that I feel >>> are NOT essential, but let's get beyond our personal biases.) >>> >>>

Libertarian Morality--Up with good King John, down with Robin Hood.

2009-08-06 Thread David Brin
Not sure I see where Trent is coming from, associating me with such nonsense. I am a "libertarian" in a sense that is not shared by many other "libertarians..." in that I believe that harnessing interhuman competition is the core element that enabled the Enlightenment to escape the brutal trap