Reply #42: and more sig lines

[iverglas]

Man either accepts the idea that the Creator is the endower of rights, or he submits to the idea that the state is the endower of rights. There is no third alternative.

Sez who? Like I care ...

You either accept the idea that I am the Goddess of Beauty and Wit, or you submit to the idea that you will burn in a pit of fire for eternity.

Sez I.

... Well huh. Says Leonard E. Read, apparently. I can't link to where google found me Man either accepts the idea that the Creator is the endower, unfortunately, since such links are frowned on here.

Well, I wasn't familiar with Leonard E. Read, so I googled him.

http://209.217.49.168/vnews.php?nid=130

FOUNDATION FOR ECONOMIC EDUCATION

Leonard E. Read (1898 - 1983)
Founder and First President (1948 - 1983)

Although American military defeated the totalitarian states of Germany, Italy, and Japan in World War II, the statist ideas that governed these (and other) countries did not die off.

In fact, as a result of New Deal programs and war-time collectivism, socialist ideas were taking root in the United States. It was Leonard Read's mission to confront this ideological invasion. Together with a few friends and kindred souls he launched the Foundation for Economic Education, on March 7, 1946, just a few months after the Japanese surrender.

Now there's a bit of intellectual honesty for you -- the "statist ideas" of Germany, Italy and Japan in World War II ... "New Deal programs and war-time collectivism" ... "socialist ideas". What's that, one of those "which one doesn't belong" IQ test questions?

Read Leonard E. Read's famous article, "I, Pencil"

Okay. ... Or, well, not. Dead link. Here we go:

http://econlib.org/library/Essays/rdPncl1.html

Uh ... well, that was enlightening. If you're an easily-led dunce, maybe.

http://www.acton.org/publicat/randl/liberal.php?id=203

Acton Institute
Religion and Liberty

Leonard E. Read (1898–1983)

“No genius is required to see clearly that an unhampered market economy best fulfills the peaceful wants and ambitions of everyone involved. Each best serves himself by serving others, producing his own specialty, trading for theirs.”

... Read was keenly aware of the religious and ethical dimensions of human liberty, and that freedom ultimately rests on Judeo-Christian religious values. It is from this source, he believed, that we derive our convictions about the meaning of life, the nature of man, the moral order, and the rights and responsibilities of individuals. The classical liberal tradition is a projection of this religious heritage. Another cornerstone of Read's thought was that the free market is a moral institution, not just an efficient means of production.

Damn I just love a "classical liberal".

Big fan of Leonard, are you? Perhaps I should ask first: heard of him, have you?

I know there are people in the US who are still sore about the New Deal. I happened to be in the visitors' gallery in the House of Representatives in DC some 20 or so years ago when a motion to allocate $25,000 to some commemmoration of FDR was being debated. And debated, and debated ... yeesh, those Republicans were just really sore, all those years later.


So I'm wondering ...

Assuming the kid shot himself accidentally, allowing a 14 year old access to a pistol is irresponsible. But not criminal.

What would the creator say?

That you're not your neighbour's kid's keeper, I guess. Oh wait ...