Re: Ayn Rand on Criminal Businessmen

[Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com>]

On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Charles Behney wrote:

> Here's the Ayn Rand definition of a criminal under current US Code:

First question: Who cares what Ayn Rand thinks?

> 
> So, the extreme libertarian view holds that the USA government considers
> all businessmen to be criminals. Try telling that to a Congressman on
> dozens of PAC pads, raising $50K a week from corporate 'criminals.'

Rand is not a libertarian. *sigh*


> As the french say, if there is no law, then there is no crime. Even
> Declan knows that Microsoft is unethical.

Ethics are one thing. The law is another.

-Declan

PS: I'm leaving soon for a restful but work-related weekend in Aspen,
Colorado, paid for by a (gasp!) multinational corporation. Have fun
without me.