"Dave" wrote in message
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On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:09:24 -0800, "Capt. JG"
said:

The ultimate "private
sector" scenario transfers all social programs, including police and
fire
to
those who can afford them, which is a non-serious argument.

You do indeed love straw men, Jon.



Totally not strawman argument. Those services are part of the social
safety
net. Do you dispute this? If not, then why is privatizing them wrong? You
seem to think that social security is a bad thing.

It seems you don't understand what a straw man argument is, Jon.

A straw man argument consists in setting forth an argument no one has made
and then knocking it down, rather than dealing with an argument actually
made. The above is a classic example. You set forth the argument that
police
and fire protection should not be provided by government--an argument no
one
has made. You then proceed to knock down that argument rather than
addressing whether other programs should be run by the guvmint.

I suspect that if you can't understand the previous paragraph, others can,
so I'll try not to belabor the point when you come back with the
inevitable
reply.


Really? Try google. You'll like it.

http://mediafilter.org/CAQ/CAQ54p.police.html

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archive...te_police.html

http://eclecticdem.blogspot.com/2008...ze-police.html


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