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Originally Posted by Charlatan
As alpha points out, I do think government has a place in providing these things. Are you really ready to suggest that this all about communism (am I wrong that this is where you are heading with this?)
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 your original statement was speaking about political organizations (such as hamas) providing education/healthcare, not government. the two terms aren't remotely interchangeable.
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As for "morally equivocating"... you must be very comfortable in your black and white world where there is only one right answer and one wrong answer... I don't believe in an absolute world.
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that's nice. read my post again. it's quite obvious that i do not consider the issue black-and-white... but that's no reason to call it all black either. a world without absolutes is no reason to abandon critical observation.
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Last edited by irateplatypus; 01-26-2006 at 04:03 PM..
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