13th August 2010, 5:47 PM
I still think it's hilariously pointless to ask if I think abstract art counts as art. Yes or no, how is that political in any way? Also, some questions are weirdly combined. Do I think the government should fund theater AND museums? Well, what if I think one is worth it but the other isn't? I'm not thinking of art museums when I hear that... I'll check out the other thingy.
By the way, I love it when libertarians say the government should be run like a business, and then demand a lot of restrictions on it, contrary to how they say other businesses should be run. I mean, if they believe a land owner should be able to demand whatever they want of their tenants or be free to evict them, then by extension, why would that be different for the US government-as-landowner? If you can't pay rent (taxes), you get evicted to Mexico, or killed since every last scrap of land is owned by someone these days.
By the way, I love it when libertarians say the government should be run like a business, and then demand a lot of restrictions on it, contrary to how they say other businesses should be run. I mean, if they believe a land owner should be able to demand whatever they want of their tenants or be free to evict them, then by extension, why would that be different for the US government-as-landowner? If you can't pay rent (taxes), you get evicted to Mexico, or killed since every last scrap of land is owned by someone these days.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)