Comments on: Too sexy for mundane tasks

By: P.M.Lawrence

P.M.Lawrence — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:46:09 +0000

“Among other things Air America was responsible for transporting secret diplomatic delegations, conducting clandestine military operations and running drugs throughout Indochina. All at the expense of the taxpayer and to the sole benefit of the political class.” [emphasis added]

That does not happen to be the case. My father, a British businessman, was on the last flight out of Biafra, where he had gone on business to batten down the hatches on a department store for the duration; that (he found out later, to his discomfiture, because he might have been arrested as a spy) was a CIA flight of that sort, taking regular passengers as cover. The next man out had to spend weeks paddling through the back creeks in a canoe.

By: P.M.Lawrence

P.M.Lawrence — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:40:07 +0000

Actually, originally privileges weren’t all for one group at others’ expense. Originally, every group had privileges – different ones – so everyone had something to lose and a stake in the established order. For instance, the aristocracy couldn’t engage in trade, only merchants could, and even the peasants had rights in common land; they could keep animals on the local common while the aristocracy could not.

By: TLWP Sam

TLWP Sam — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:05:24 +0000

He also said the same quip in Robin Hood: Men In Tights.

By: Matthew Graybosch

Matthew Graybosch — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:05:32 +0000

Mel Brooks said it best in History of the World, Part 1: "It's good to be the king." Why be shocked when the ruling class takes advantage of its position and creates a private law (which is the literal meaning of the word "privilege") that benefits them at the expense of everybody else? The purpose of statism is the creation and perpetuation of privilege.