RE: Research shows just how much people hate a winner...

2002-02-19 Thread Sunder
Then that's simply human nature, and the fact that it's not a behavior that hasn't been culled out of our gene pool indicates that it is a positive thing in terms of evolution. Further it precludes the connection between government type and morals, so it is impossible to claim that any system is

Re: Research shows just how much people hate a winner...

2002-02-19 Thread Sunder
On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Jim Choate wrote: > On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Sunder wrote: > > > So what? Communism looks upon other forms of government as flawed, > > dangerous and abusive. > > Agreed. > > > Democracy looks upon other forms of government as > > flawed, dangerous and abusive. > > Actually

RE: Research shows just how much people hate a winner...

2002-02-16 Thread Aimee Farr
> This experiment demonstrates that people will screw each other > irrespective of the government involvement. So, if the people are going > to lie, cheat, steal, etc. w/o government of what possible use is CACL > philosophy? It doesn't reduce anything, if anything it increases the > potential for

Re: CDR: Re: Research shows just how much people hate a winner...

2002-02-16 Thread Jim Choate
On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Sunder wrote: > So what? Communism looks upon other forms of government as flawed, > dangerous and abusive. Agreed. > Democracy looks upon other forms of government as > flawed, dangerous and abusive. Actually it doesn't, it says you can do whatever you want until you in

Re: Research shows just how much people hate a winner...

2002-02-14 Thread Sunder
On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Jim Choate wrote: > On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, proffr11 wrote: > > > >>experiment measures the dark side of human nature." > > > > As did the Stanley Milgram experiments,Choate extrapolates that "anarchy > > utopia's" are impossible from stuff like this. > > 1st he confuses ana

Re: Research shows just how much people hate a winner...,

2002-02-13 Thread proffr11
>>Not at all. The anarchist promise that 'if only...' we'll get rid of central government and go to a ad hoc contract society all our problems will be minimized and our solutions will be maximized.<< I'm with you so far. >>That game theory and economic theory are the apogee of human societa

Re: Research shows just how much people hate a winner...

2002-02-13 Thread Sunder
Oh Tell me oh wise one, what exactly is on topic here? --Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--- + ^ + :Surveillance cameras|Passwords are like underwear. You don't /|\ \|/ :aren't security. A |share them, you don't hang them on your/\|/\ <--*-->:camera won't

Re: Research shows just how much people hate a winner...

2002-02-13 Thread Sunder
And does reasearch show how much people hate offtopic posts by Jim Choate also? --Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--- + ^ + :Surveillance cameras|Passwords are like underwear. You don't /|\ \|/ :aren't security. A |share them, you don't hang them on your/\

Re: Research shows just how much people hate a winner...

2002-02-13 Thread Jim Choate
On Wed, 13 Feb 2002, Sunder wrote: > And does reasearch show how much people hate offtopic posts by Jim Choate > also? Off topic? No, it just shows more evidence of why 'anarchy utopias' won't work. --

Research shows just how much people hate a winner...

2002-02-13 Thread Jim Choate
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