Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbjade.BERKELEY.EDU Path: utzoo!lsuc!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!ucbjade!mwm From: mwm@ucbopal.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike (I'll be mellow when I'm dead) Meyer) Newsgroups: net.politics.theory Subject: Re: Government and stability Message-ID: <147@ucbjade.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Fri, 8-Nov-85 10:20:59 EST Article-I.D.: ucbjade.147 Posted: Fri Nov 8 10:20:59 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Nov-85 20:57:24 EST References: <1473@teddy.UUCP> <28200189@inmet.UUCP> Sender: network@ucbjade.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: mwm@ucbopal.UUCP (Mike (I'll be mellow when I'm dead) Meyer) Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 16 In article <1590@teddy.UUCP> lkk@teddy.UUCP (Larry K. Kolodney) writes: >In article <141@ucbjade.BERKELEY.EDU> mwm@ucbopal.UUCP (Mike (I'll be mellow when I'm dead) Meyer) writes: >>To refresh your memory, the question at hand is: Does government provide >>stability, and is that stability necessary for production. > >Please leave the poor strawmen alone. How many times must I repeat >it, not all governments do their jobs (providing staability) well, and >not all people reap the benefits of the government. Larry, if you don't like people saying "government doesn't always," quit saying "government does" and start saying "government should" or "government can." BTW, that is the oddest way I've ever seen of conceding a debate.