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Has anyone noticed that Pres Obama apologized for the Koran burning done by some American soldiers. Would he have done this had they burned an American flag as some citizens did back a few decades ago, here at home? All liberals talked about then was the right to do such terrible things, in the spirit of the First Amendment. Why not now, when it involves the Koran?
Tibor R. Machan
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Maybe sacrifice--altruism--is popular (though not so much in practice as in discourse) because people want other people to sacrifice for them! Not exactly a benevolent reason!
Tibor R. Machan
Post after his article "Are our actions mostly motivated unconsciously?"

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Government exists to secure our rights, not to make us morally good, whether as this is understood by modern liberals or by modern conservatives.
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Anti-Libertarian Point Refuted

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Effectively packaged, nearly any idea, no matter how vile, can attract the loyalty of some.
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Life & Property

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The big mystery is why so many otherwise sensible people have faith in the wondrous influence of governments. Whatever has lead them to this myth that people with guns -- such as those in the vice squads, the IRS, the government regulators and the rest -- will bring peace and justice to us all?
Tibor R. Machan
Problems with Egalitarianism

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...human institutions...arise as they do in light of certain facts about the world and human beings and how these all interconnect. If we get it wrong about all this, we mess the society up royally...
Tibor R. Machan

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