tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post3175432010384823750..comments2024-03-22T06:05:36.544-04:00Comments on Kids Prefer Cheese: Blame it on the National HealthMungowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02340064320347875601noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-2607636855907127862009-08-02T19:58:35.631-04:002009-08-02T19:58:35.631-04:00How, exactly, does one prove or disprove the exist...How, exactly, does one prove or disprove the existence of a right? You seem to know, "Angus," yet refrain from telling us.<br /><br />It does not seem unreasonable to respond to someone's claim of a "right" to something by discussing the consequences of real-world attempts to provide such an entitlement. So the actual substance of your attack on "Dalrymple" is merely that he used anecdotes to discuss policy. You then follow up on this by contributing a post on the health-care debate that consists entirely of a photograph.<br /><br />Impressive stuff.Darryl Theodorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-45625542279206403022009-07-29T23:33:19.247-04:002009-07-29T23:33:19.247-04:00I think Dalrymple put it that way because Greece i...I think Dalrymple put it that way because Greece is the EU country farthest from Britain.Michael Greenspanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04322311762373593152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-86150305191518404432009-07-29T19:58:13.701-04:002009-07-29T19:58:13.701-04:00Actually, I was referring to Greece in the post, b...Actually, I was referring to Greece in the post, but you are right, the UK has tire tracks on it too!Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03656436431053306500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-48719528306998914312009-07-29T19:14:01.555-04:002009-07-29T19:14:01.555-04:00Isn't he throwing two countries under the bus?...Isn't he throwing two countries under the bus? Saying even the Greeks go home aint sayin' good things about GreeceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-14205085071933144102009-07-29T17:23:01.139-04:002009-07-29T17:23:01.139-04:00There is more good commentary on health care v. na...There is <a href="http://www.independent.org/blog/?p=2925" rel="nofollow">more good commentary</a> on health care v. natural rights on The Independent Institute's blog, starting with a nice a analogy by Jonah Goldberg. Basically, suppose your right to freedom of religion were subject to a government panel of experts, who would ration your commitments.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574355302581451838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-70049594578177571822009-07-29T14:57:51.137-04:002009-07-29T14:57:51.137-04:00Claiming a right to property means that I can defe...Claiming a right to property means that <b>I</b> can defend my property. Does Dirty Davey think only (tax-paid) cops do that? On the planet where I live, cops do very little of that and, for the "services" they provide, they forcefully insist that there be no other providers.<br /><br />Comparing property (the product of MY effort) to health care (the product of others' effort) just dramatizes the point.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574355302581451838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-58542298073627291322009-07-29T11:55:51.354-04:002009-07-29T11:55:51.354-04:00Nice slogan, Tom, but not actually a good argument...Nice slogan, Tom, but not actually a good argument.<br /><br />Simply enforcing even simple property rights requires other persons to work to provide and/or fund law enforcement services. By your "logic", we could conclude that there "cannot be" property rights.Dirty Daveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908818235405186822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464708.post-80033129366853985062009-07-29T09:45:19.391-04:002009-07-29T09:45:19.391-04:00There cannot be a right to anything that another p...There cannot be a right to <i>anything</i> that another person must work to provide.<br /><br />To assert such a right is to claim those persons as slaves.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08574355302581451838noreply@blogger.com