Re: Conservatives calling for DOJ action

[Mitch Stone <mstone@vc.net>]

In reply to James Love's message sent 4/22/98 4:53 AM:

>I was astonished when I heard, after the Cato debate, that Bork had been
>hired by Netscape.  I couldn't imagine a more unlikey pairing.  Anyone
>who looks at Antitrust usually reads Bork's "Antitrust Paradox," which
>is almost a bible for the University of Chicago School.  It was as if
>heard that Ralph was going to do Ads for Chevy or something.  This must
>be very confusing for Bork's followers.

There's a certain "Nixon in China" character to this. If Netscape was 
seeking a credible conservative emissary, they certainly found one. 

Bork seems to be saying (after penetrating the self-congratulations) 
that, though he may take the most conservative view of the law, it 
deserves to be enforced at some time and under some circumstances -- 
whereas, the Catoists insist that antitrust laws are an apostasy and 
ought to be ignored. This seems to be the main difference between 
traditional conservativism and today's Cato dogma. Even the Hon. Justice 
Holms voted with the majority in the Standard Oil antitrust case, though 
he openly despised the Sherman Act. 

   Mitch Stone
   Editor, Boycott Microsoft
   http://www.vcnet.com/bms 
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