Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site ubvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!mtuxo!mtunh!mtung!mtunf!ariel!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!pesnta!amd!amdcad!cae780!ubvax!tonyw From: tonyw@ubvax.UUCP (Tony Wuersch) Newsgroups: net.politics.theory Subject: Re: Democratic decisions in everyone's interest Message-ID: <242@ubvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Jul-85 01:33:25 EDT Article-I.D.: ubvax.242 Posted: Tue Jul 16 01:33:25 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 12:49:39 EDT References: <234@umcp-cs.UUCP> <28200016@inmet.UUCP> <669@whuxl.UUCP> Organization: Ungermann-Bass, Inc., Santa Clara, CA Lines: 24 In article <669@whuxl.UUCP>, orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER) writes: > > > > Excuse me, but challenging you to find a person who can know your wants > > better than you do consistently seems to me to be a perfectly valid > > question to ask of those who claim that governments should have the power > > to force their decisions on you for your own good. Who said this, Tim? No one I've read has stepped yet into the dog shit of suggesting that someone else can know all of an individuals' wants better than that individual consistently. However, change that "all" to "some" and I'd agree with that -- maybe I even said it once. For instance, government knows better than I what I want when I think that I want to avoid eating rancid food. No flames for my using a trivial philosophical example, please. This is net.politics.theory. Tony Wuersch {amd,amdcad}!cae780!ubvax!tonyw "And if you don't believe all the things I say, I'm certified prime by the USDA!"