Re: Ayn Rand on Criminal Businessmen

["Erick Andrews" <eandrews@star.net>]

On Fri, 24 Jul 1998 20:46:36 -0400 (EDT), Declan McCullagh wrote:

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>On Fri, 24 Jul 1998, Charles Behney wrote:
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>> Here's the Ayn Rand definition of a criminal under current US Code:
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>First question: Who cares what Ayn Rand thinks?

How empty.  Where's Ayn Rand on this list?

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>> 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.'
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>Rand is not a libertarian. *sigh*

And??

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>> As the french say, if there is no law, then there is no crime. Even
>> Declan knows that Microsoft is unethical.
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>Ethics are one thing. The law is another.

If we had better ethics, we would need less law.  The Frogs know that,
too, my friend.

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>-Declan
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>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.
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Wonderful.  Say hello to my friends there.  Have a great time.

Erick