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Re: Re[2]: [ihc]...property rights



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hofstetter" <hofs@domain.elided>
To: "Tom Harais" <THarais@domain.elided>
Cc: <ihc@domain.elided>
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 17:22
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [ihc]...property rights


> On Dec 9, 2004, at 8:53 AM, Tom Harais wrote:
>
> > George Orwell warned us about this in "1984".  It was exemplified by
> > the oft
> > refrain of the pigs in that story's barn when they dominated the group
> > "for
> > the good of all" but exempted themselves from the rules:  "Some pigs
> > are
> > more equal than other pigs".
>
> It has nothing to do with the validity of the point that you are
> making, but you are confusing books. Both books by Orwell are relevant
> to your point but the pig book is "Animal Farm".
>
> No pigs taking over society in "1984"
>
> John

You beat me to it,  I was thinking about how it sounded just like "animal
farm" but thought maybe I'd just missed something!

-Ryan


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