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Posted by Ray S on 09/18/06 21:16
Bill wrote:
> I forget the term for it, but there was a section of my debating class
> that dealt with spurious logic and one of the most popular techniques is
> this:
>
> Ken Maltby wrote:
> > "Environmentalism" is a movement, and your above paragraph shows
>> how that movement is closely related to the old Communist movement,
>> in philosophy. The "most powerful" are able to pass-on the cost of any
>
> Of course-- environmentalism is communist. So let's all make sure the
> government makes no effort to improve air quality or reduce toxic
> wastes....
>
> The second part of your post that is rather debateable is the idea that
> the "efficiencies" of oil is the result of a free market. So how would
> you explain the absolutely massive tax subsidies Exxon received in the
> gulf? Oh, but that's different.... right.
The idea of Free Market assumes a number of things. One that the market
is indeed free, and second, that there is choice. In the case of oil,
the tendency toward 'hydraulic depotism' is enormous both because of the
sheer naked power involved in controlling the resource, and the equally
sheer enormity of the money.
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