Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Titus G Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Subject: Re: Awfully quiet in here... Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2025 16:20:58 +1300 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 52 Message-ID: References: <6f9d6df9-1551-94f3-8084-5e2637393f5a@example.net> Reply-To: noone@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2025 05:21:05 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7b8cb1f9269c319b29fcf3035cc4639f"; logging-data="1315452"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18JLnxVmSCT3fkvoy+jzsCB" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:hnWWRdU5dSP+Tijkao1gly/t1cc= Content-Language: en-AU In-Reply-To: On 11/11/24 08:46, William Hyde wrote: > D wrote: >> >> >> On Sat, 9 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote: >> >>> D wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, 8 Nov 2024, William Hyde wrote: >>>> >>>>>> Why SF? I was there 8 years ago and found it dirty with many drug >>>>>> users on the street. >>>>> >>>>> Parts of it, yes. >>>>> >>>>> I arrived in SF from a small city with no obvious drug users or >>>>> vagrants. >>>>> >>>>> This was because the local police grabbed those people, gave them a >>>>> beating, and dumped them in the next county.  Somebody else's problem. >>>> >>>> Sounds like heaven! Police acting, doing something, and solving the >>>> problem! =) >>> >>> So you are in fact in favour of government regulation, provided it is >>> illegal and hurts people you dislike. >> >> Nope... the correct interpretation is that as long as I have to endure >> government and having my money stolen in the form of taxes, I prefer >> that it does something that aligns with my interests. Shipping drug >> users somewhere >> else would align with my interests, so there you are correct. > > So violence to other people doesn't bother you, as long as it is in your > interests. > > Clearly, if  there were no government, you and like-minded people would > hire some thugs to beat up the indigent and send them to other areas. > > Because it aligns with your interests. > > Like-minded people in those areas would also hire thugs to beast up the > indigent and send them to your area.  Eventually the thugs would realize > that it would be less work just to beat you up and take your money.  And > you'd have a government again. > > William Hyde > > Perhaps Haiti would be the most suitable capitalist option for D?