tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post2063712631831548869..comments2023-07-11T07:15:18.714-04:00Comments on The Ultimate Adventure: Discussion PointSylviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06221464682706193091noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post-77801089274952147842007-06-14T13:57:00.000-04:002007-06-14T13:57:00.000-04:00An illustrative article, putting things in perspec...An illustrative article, putting things in perspective. <BR/><BR/>http://www.lewrockwell.com/<BR/>ocregister/poverty-walmart.html.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01714070136249395568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post-31592453395327179652007-06-14T13:40:00.000-04:002007-06-14T13:40:00.000-04:00The Chinese are now where we were 120 years ago. T...The Chinese are now where we were 120 years ago. The farms are being deserted because it's not profitable to farm any more. They're experiencing the same stenches, the same conditions that we did. It will pass, just like it did for the U.S. In all of the suffering, the standard of living was increasing 7% per year. <BR/><BR/> The difference is that their socialist government, not merely a .https://www.blogger.com/profile/01714070136249395568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post-35254100968208885312007-06-14T12:49:00.000-04:002007-06-14T12:49:00.000-04:00The Chinese use wage slaves, inhumane factory cond...The Chinese use wage slaves, inhumane factory conditions, and long hours to get the results that they get. <BR/><BR/>I've been on the Pearl River in the Guangdong Province. I've seen the factories and smelled the stench of Chinese "industry."<BR/><BR/>My point is, I think that the reason that America is trading with China is because we can get the same services cheaper there, since we don't haveColin Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17567949773680309910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post-50212492982290746732007-06-14T10:49:00.000-04:002007-06-14T10:49:00.000-04:00I don't think most businessmen would deal with cro...I don't think most businessmen would deal with crooks. Because A) If he's a crook with others, he's eventually going to stab you in the back. B) Getting caught means the end. Enron-style. The isolated instances could not be prevented by laws. Because we already have laws against them. What laws would you propose to "curtail" certain practices, and what certain practices? Chances are, the laws .https://www.blogger.com/profile/01714070136249395568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post-79111627084336641802007-06-14T08:44:00.000-04:002007-06-14T08:44:00.000-04:00What is neccesarily wrong with some government int...What is neccesarily wrong with some government intervention in the economy? As Bill Powell would say, you don't have to be a communist to have a problem with capitalism.<BR/><BR/>I think it is an oversimplification to say that people will refuse to trade with shysters, and thus the free market will weed out its own offenders. I think that one of the most fundamental traits of fallen human Colin Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17567949773680309910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post-22393872789297907532007-06-13T22:53:00.000-04:002007-06-13T22:53:00.000-04:00Geoff, I don't think that enforcing a ban on the m...Geoff, I don't think that enforcing a ban on the marketing of human beings requires a virtue police, as you posit. A law demanding chastity would demand a virtue police. A law banning acts of vice that contradict the natural law does not. <BR/><BR/>You make an interesting point that "Second, In order to prohibit behaviors that are not manifest fraudulent or forced violations of the rights of bakerstreetriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09167765710649552324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post-53462757045502420132007-06-13T22:39:00.000-04:002007-06-13T22:39:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.bakerstreetriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09167765710649552324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post-78793967143455607762007-06-13T19:26:00.000-04:002007-06-13T19:26:00.000-04:00Fortuitous timing. From CNN today. Speaking of Sha...Fortuitous timing. From CNN today. Speaking of Shariah and pornography: "Iran's parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of a bill that could lead to the death penalty for persons convicted of working in the production of pornographic movies.".https://www.blogger.com/profile/01714070136249395568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post-47394314940066699242007-06-13T18:31:00.000-04:002007-06-13T18:31:00.000-04:00Unfortunately, Sylvia seems to certainly have give...Unfortunately, Sylvia seems to certainly have given us a trick question. Here's the full quote:<BR/><BR/>Just as the unity of human society cannot be founded on an opposition of classes, so also the right ordering of economic life cannot be left to a free competition of forces. For from this source, as from a poisoned spring, have originated and spread all the errors of individualist economic .https://www.blogger.com/profile/01714070136249395568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post-44574014153726894422007-06-13T18:09:00.000-04:002007-06-13T18:09:00.000-04:00Sounds like Quadragesimo Anno. Pius XI did get a f...Sounds like Quadragesimo Anno. Pius XI did get a few things right concerning economics. Sadly, he and Leo XIII also advocated (certainly not knowingly) Marxist ideas. People should recognize such statements for what they were. We do these holy men a disservice if we do not acknowledge the reality of what their statements were and what the ramifications of those statements are. <BR/><BR/>As for .https://www.blogger.com/profile/01714070136249395568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post-74932851313633974832007-06-13T11:23:00.000-04:002007-06-13T11:23:00.000-04:00Is this a trick question? Because, I thought I re...Is this a trick question? Because, I thought I remembered this from either Rerum Novarum or Quadragesimo Anno. If either of those is correct, then I'm, per usual, loathe to publicly criticize a papal writing.Colin Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17567949773680309910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post-39906522450068771952007-06-13T10:00:00.000-04:002007-06-13T10:00:00.000-04:00Where do you think it comes from? :)Where do you think it comes from? :)Sylviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06221464682706193091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post-29939047026843710962007-06-12T11:17:00.000-04:002007-06-12T11:17:00.000-04:00Where does this statement come from?Where does this statement come from?Colin Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17567949773680309910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28749242.post-24293445673207493912007-06-11T23:31:00.000-04:002007-06-11T23:31:00.000-04:00No, I think some things (pornography, for example,...No, I think some things (pornography, for example, or prostitution) should be banned from the market by external authorities.bakerstreetriderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09167765710649552324noreply@blogger.com