From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue May 19 09:21:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA18371 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Tue, 19 May 1998 09:21:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [209.133.7.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA18323 for ; Tue, 19 May 1998 09:21:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA03192; Tue, 19 May 1998 09:21:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Message-Id: <199805191621.JAA03192@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" cc: Atipa , freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why we should support Microsoft... In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 18 May 1998 18:38:26 PDT." <6671.895541906@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 19 May 1998 09:21:28 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Well, you guys ought to sign up with the www.moral-defense.org thats a web page collecting signatures defending microsoft. The alleged purpose of the Antitrust laws was to protect competition; that purpose was based on the socialistic fallacy that a free, unregulated market will inevitably lead to the establishment of coercive monopolies. But, in fact, no coercive monopoly has ever been or ever can be established by means of free trade on a free market. Every coercive monopoly was created by government intervention into the economy: by special privileges, such as franchises or subsidies, which closed the entry of competitors into a given field, by legislative action. (For a full demonstration of this fact, I refer you to the works of the best economists.) The Antitrust laws were the classic example of a moral inversion prevalent in the history: an example of the victims, the businessmen, taking the blame for the evils caused by government, and the government using its own guilt as a justification for acquiring wider powers, on the pretext of "correcting" the evils. AYN RAND Now all we need is a web site for against microsoft and we are all set for public debate and the impact of the Internet on politics . I sort of started the pro DOJ cyber thingie by requesting folks to mail to the DOJ and their local State Attorney General . http://www.moral-defense.org ups the ante by way of possibly having a much greater audience and keeping a log of the proponents for its cause. Yes, you can make a difference ! Amancio To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message