RE: government (was milk blues)

[Guest guest]

>> ** Government is the only force which can hope to oppose those foes

on any kind of regular basis. <<

>> the solution is to revive the idea that what we eat and what grocers

stock on their shelves are none of the government's business.

I agree, ! Controlling the government is dangerous, because

control can slip, and even if those in control truly were well-meaning,

they can still be mistaken. Everyone thought I was crazy to be leery of

ultrasounds because they are *known* to be perfectly harmless. Yeah, I

answered, that's what they used to say about x-rays during pregnancy!

Anyway, consensus is impossible: Look at the differences of opinion just

on this list, and we're a support group and all essentially agree on

things! Control of government would be - IS - all too easy to keep out

of the hands of ideologues, or wrest from them if somehow they gained

control, because there's always another point to clarify or discuss to

death. (Oh, hey, but not anyone on *this* list of course.) ;-)

What we need is a truly free market, with government's role reduced to

ensuring accurate disclosure of ingredients and production methods, and

reduced completely out of my pocketbook and freezer!

~ Carma ~

To be perpetually talking sense runs out the mind, as perpetually

ploughing and taking crops runs out the land. The mind must be manured,

and nonsense is very good for the purpose. ~ Boswell

Carma's Corner: http://www.users.qwest.net/~carmapaden/

[Guest guest]

On Thu, 11 Apr 2002 13:44:46 -0700 " Carma Paden " <carmapaden@...>

writes:

>> ** Government is the only force which can hope to oppose those foes

on any kind of regular basis. <<

>> the solution is to revive the idea that what we eat and what grocers

stock on their shelves are none of the government's business.

I agree, ! Controlling the government is dangerous, because

control can slip, and even if those in control truly were well-meaning,

they can still be mistaken. Everyone thought I was crazy to be leery of

ultrasounds because they are *known* to be perfectly harmless. Yeah, I

answered, that's what they used to say about x-rays during pregnancy!

Anyway, consensus is impossible: Look at the differences of opinion just

on this list, and we're a support group and all essentially agree on

things! Control of government would be - IS - all too easy to keep out

of the hands of ideologues, or wrest from them if somehow they gained

control, because there's always another point to clarify or discuss to

death. (Oh, hey, but not anyone on *this* list of course.) ;-)

What we need is a truly free market, with government's role reduced to

ensuring accurate disclosure of ingredients and production methods, and

reduced completely out of my pocketbook and freezer!

~ Carma ~

*****Good thoughts! But we don't even need government doing that much.

since by its very nature it will eventually attempt to do much more. And

when you have the legal monopoly on force, it is just a matter of time

before you get your way. Better to let private groups (of whatever

makeup) determine ingredients and production methods, the free market as

you say. If we find someone who doesn't want to disclose, then we just

don't buy from them. Or if we don't care, we do buy from them!. That is

how a free society operates.

Bianca