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From: robinson@ubc-ean.CDN (Jim Robinson)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Doing only that which brings the most profit.
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Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 21:22:49 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 20 21:22:49 1984
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> 
> I don't see any "fundamental" difference between the majority forcing
> me not to kill my fellow humans and the majority taking my money to
> benefit my fellow man.  Is there an alternative to majority rule?
> -- 
>         -IAN!  (Ian! D. Allen)      University of Waterloo


In the former case  the majority are upholding your fellow humans'
right to live, whereas in the latter case the majority are denying you  your
right to property ( to put it in Libertarian terms, I think ).

Also, who says that the money is to benefit your fellow man. If I asked 
a right-winger if 
a) the cruise missile benefitted his fellow man, and if
b) welfare benefitted his fellow man
I could possibly get a strong yes-no reply. If I asked a left-winger
I could possibly get a strong no-yes reply. Beauty is not the only
thing in the eye of the beholder. 

                                      J.B. Robinson