Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 20:40:09 +0200 From: Rahul Siddharthan <rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in> To: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> Cc: paul@freebsd-services.com, FreeBSD Chat <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: helping victims of terror Message-ID: <20010927204008.A69066@lpt.ens.fr> In-Reply-To: <20010927183337.AAA631@shell.webmaster.com@whenever>; from davids@webmaster.com on Thu, Sep 27, 2001 at 11:33:36AM -0700 References: <20270000.1001605981@lobster.originative.co.uk> <20010927183337.AAA631@shell.webmaster.com@whenever>
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David Schwartz said on Sep 27, 2001 at 11:33:36: > >Umm, not related to my point below, but where does communism state that > >private property is "coercive"? > > I'm not sure what you mean by "where does cummunism state", communism is not > a particular book or document but an ideology. I can show you quotations from > several documents written by communists or about communism. You may not find > it in a 'sound bite'. I believe most people regard the authoritative work -- as far as the basic philosophy and ideas are concerned -- to be "The Communist Manifesto" by Marx and Engels. Beyond that (and perhaps including that), it's a matter of dispute whether communism states it or not. If Stalin stated it that doesn't mean all communists must agree with him. R To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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