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Defending the Human Events list, Deanic discourse, and learning to love the nuclear reactor. Plus: Killers on T-shirts and today's Pham Xuan An.
p> JOHN STUART MILL & CO. br> Re: Ralph R. Reiland's The Liberty Reader : /p> p>You might write the University of Missouri for a review copy of Linda Raeder's book on Mill, which will probably change your mind on the man, as it did mine. br> -- Jameson /p>

While Prof. Reiland may be learned, he's no conservative; rather, he's a libertarian and thus part of the problem.

Ironically, Reiland's sect would protect property and capital rights while somnambulating through adultery, debauchery, sodomy, and other assorted crimes against nature and families. Reiland's myopia would leave little of the social order standing, however -- why should people with no compunctions about the metaphorical slaughter of families have any reservations about the metaphorical destruction of capital and property?

Indeed, Reiland would do well to review the Stalinist works which specifically espouse methods of family-destruction -- if only to understand that our friend Tom Clancy (through the voice of Jack Ryan) was correct -- "there is no such thing as coincidence." The Communists well understood that abrogation of sexual mores would lead to the destruction of property rights, as well.

p>Back to your studies, Dr. Reiland!! br> --
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