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Thanks for your response Jim, however, your analogy is a rather weak one. To accept it one would first have to believe that socialism and being anti-gun lead to death. If one does not accept the premise, the analogy fails.

Socialism, as i am sure you are aware, is the opposite of capitalism. The creatures of capitalism are corporations. Corporations, however, do not have human values. They have but one value and it is to have the best bottom line possible. Unbridled capitalism is, as we are getting to witness first hand, what the great American author William S. Burroughs called a vampiric system. It was his contention that all vampiric systems are doomed because of the vampire's inability to control his or her appetite. And that is precisely what we have seen happening in America since Reagan introduced us to trickle down economics. The transfer of wealth has been staggering.

Societies are composed of people who band together so as that they may all do better collectively than as individuals. Socialism has human values. For example, socialists do not believe that a child born to poor parents should die of a treatable disease just because his parents are poor. And so you might think of socialism as a moderating force on the insatiable appetite of vampires.

Now with regard to Michael Moore and his ability to be a champion of the people, as he speaks out on behalf of those not in the top few percetiles of wealth, he quite obviously can be a champion of the people. Those who speak out on behalf of the priveleged few cannot be champions of the people. This is just basic math. You may argue that he is misguided and that his beliefs if adopted would lead to ruin. But you cannot do so effectively with an analogy such as yours. You must present logical reasons if your opinion is to be accepted as valid.

As for the anti-gun part of this, it is not that Moore is against the ownership of all guns. There are certain types of guns that he believes ought not be in the hands of those not in the military. Heck, even Wayne LaPierre does not believe that Americans should be able to own anti-aircraft or rail guns. So it really is not about being anti-gun so much as it is a debate as to just what sort of fire power ordinary citizens ought to be able to own. And that i think is a debate well worth having.

One more word regarding socialism and your view that it leads to death. With respect to western democracies, it seems to me that the ones doing the best in terms of their economies are nations such as Norway, Sweden, Canada and Australia; each far more socialistic than America. They also rate higher in terms of important metrics such as life expectancy. Those are facts which, if you are not an ideologue, must be accounted for. As a heads up, let me warn you that the arguement that they are all nations that are heavily reliant on the export of their natural resources and will wither and die after they have run out of minerals or timber to ship abroad will not fly. Sweden's economy is based largely on the export of medical equipment.

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Beginning of the headline :Read the Monday Afternoon Wrap-Up for 3/11/2013 and the Tuesday Morning Commentary for 3/12/2013 Coming from the liberal bastion of New York, I grew up in a major anti-gun culture; aside from those that hunted “upstate.” Of course, the world was a much safer place – and the GLOBAL FINANCIAL SYSTEM significantly healthier; dramatically reducing the necessity of gun ownership. In fact, my birth in 1970 just preceded abandonment of the gold standard; and thus, America still had three decades to... Read More

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