For those of you who have Usenet access, I posted an article called “Health care is NOT a right” under alt.anarchism, alt.politics.economics and alt.philosophy.
You can look it up under Google Groups or use a newsreader. There is a public news server at nntp.aioe.org.
Here is the thread:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.economics/browse_thread/thread/fb6b26f1af049b7b#
The replies were mostly collectivist, “no man is an island,” “it takes a village” platitudes.
Actually what really annoys me is the flippant use of the term troll, simply because, “omg! someone said something I disagree with it on the internet”.
The other responses are expected, of course, but it’s a shame to see usenet not being immune to the recent politically correct revision the term “troll” has apparently taken on the internet in the past few years.
I tried to make a comment couldn’t get through the preliminaries of setting up an account. I couldn’t get it to work.
There was this one:
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On 7/20/09 2:43 PM, in article h42hdf$pl…@aioe.org,
“sicsemper…@nnus.net” <sicsemper…@nnus.net> wrote:
…and neither is food, housing, or education.
Why?
Because food, housing, education, and health care require labor, and nobody
is entitled to somebody else’s labor.
In an ideal world, which will never exist, that would be true. Are you a
perfectly self-sufficient person?
The primary right of every human being is the right to be free from slavery;
or the right not to have his labor forcibly taken from him.
Do you work for someone?
As you can see, this contradicts with the right to food, clothing, etc.
Those things are rewards for ones labor, not a fundamental right.
Contradiction is accommodated quite well with compromise. Ever heard of
compromise? The USA government was built upon such.
Oh, and your troll gets 1 on a scale of 10.
I use the NNTP server at nntp.aioe.org. It lets you post newsgroup articles for free, and anonymously. I used a fake email address.
I’m sure your computer came with a newgroup reader, such as Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail, etc. Set up a news account, and you’ll be trolling in no time!
A more accurate slogan would be “healthcare is a right but making someone give it to you or taking money from someone to pay for it is not a right”. My slogan is less catchy though.
BREAKING NEWS:
somebody actually posted a sensible response to my Usenet thread. Look for the one by “Bent Attorney Esq.”
Most of the other responses are collectivist socialist rubbish.