In a message dated 01/08/06 04:03:30 GMT Daylight Time, ... McD: Fine. I think you have taken up too much of my time too. Your inability to comprehend the...
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Aug 2, 2006 12:29 am
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Your opinions on whether you think I "comprehend the basic facts" frankly dont count for anything now. Sticks and stones and all that. Only, please, in...
Robbo writes to HM. Mcd, .... ... Yes, Robbo, But can we now have some educational debate - leaving aside HM McD for a little while? Clear discussion, and...
Ray: What would stop every enemy of socialism to pretend to be in some group and vote their opposition out of existence? I've heard this anti-organizational...
Ray ... so, ... I think Ive already explained what is meant by costs. Costs are essentially "opportunity costs" , the next best option you forego. If 10...
... group and vote their opposition out of existence? I've heard this anti-organizational stuff before from you. It didn't make much sense then and still...
RAY: "A group whose existence 'depends upon deciding who shall be their members' is a woefully paranoid group which self-admittedly, exists only to wield such...
We usually meet on the last Monday of the month, at 7pm, but, as it is a bank holiday this month, members have opted for the first Monday of the following week...
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Aug 26, 2006 9:51 am
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... I think you protest too much. No one is suggesting one should agree with every lost dot and comma. Just that there should be some broad agreement of the...
Byron wrote............... ... Clearly, we all know that it's not literally impossible since the existence of the communist party under Stalin (which was just...
Byron wrote............... ... Clearly, we all know that it's not literally impossible since the existence of the communist party under Stalin (which was just...
Ray: The gist of your argument goes something like this: Stalinists decide who was eligible for membership in their group. We also decide who is eligible for...
In a message dated 26/08/06 16:00:17 GMT Daylight Time, RRobincox@... ... McD: In what way does that dysfunctional list of activities aid the market [ ...
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Aug 28, 2006 10:48 pm
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Byron wrote:................... ... No, Byron. I did not present any such "argument" as you claim - be it the "gist" or otherwise. I remind you that your...
Byron wrote:................... ... No, Byron. I did not present any such "argument" as you claim - be it the "gist" or otherwise. I remind you that your...
Ray: Although I am not a WSM member perhaps a recent event involving your nemesis, John Henry, will illuminate matters. It is well known that John Henry is...
Byron wrote:................ ... your ... that John ... Henry, ... accepted ... Byron, We are talking about the difference between your example of "foxes and ...
Ray: "I believe that a group which so defines itself as one who 'depends for its existence' upon wielding power such as to "decide who shall be their members"...
In a message dated 06/09/06 13:53:58 GMT Daylight Time, bddanel@... ... McD: There is not much power there; indeed, there is none. It is not like the...
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Sep 6, 2006 2:08 pm
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KEITH EVANS ON DRUGS In the 1970s, the UK state run a series of television adverts on the theme that "heroin strews you up". The message was, that, if you...
McD1st@...
Sep 6, 2006 8:59 pm
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In the 1890s, the USA was persuaded that it needed a strong navy by, among others, Alfred Mahon, a man who got awarded honorary degrees from both Oxford and...
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Sep 7, 2006 8:28 pm
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Then, in chapter 11, as if his moralising against legal drugs is not enough, Evans suddenly goes Green and he introduces lots of hyperbole and gloom about ...
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Sep 8, 2006 10:12 pm
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Eleven years later, in 1936, hemp came to be feared throughout the USA. By 1937 the public clamour for it to be outlawed was irresistible. How did the ...
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Sep 8, 2006 10:14 pm
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Byron wrote:............... ... who 'depends ... shall be ... admitted purpose other than that ." ... support of any party of socialism that would be ... ...
Ray: I have never used the term "wielding power." Please recount where I did this! One may choose to belong or not to belong to any group. If you choose...
In a message dated 12/09/06 02:10:27 GMT Daylight Time, bddanel@... ... choose ... messages ... McD: There is no power in mere social or even political...
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Sep 12, 2006 9:45 pm
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Byeron wrote,.......... ... I did this! One may choose to belong or not to ... group is not "wielding power" over you. And where ... messages on this forum?...
Ray: One usually does not place things in parenthesis unless it is a quotation. You cannot simply decide upon a quotation and proclaim it belongs to me. As...
Byron wrote:................. ... quotation. You cannot simply decide upon a quotation ... Byron, Yes, I can, because that is what you said. The rest of your...
