Scott Lloyd Extends Bukowski's Notion of the Optimal Society

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Re: Scott Lloyd Extends Bukowski's Notion of the Optimal Society

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mfbukowski wrote:
Doctor Scratch wrote:Ah! Of course! Censorship is the answer to all of this! Perhaps Scott Lloyd can form a partnership with M. F. Bukowski, and together the two of them can draw up plans for creating the Optimal Society: replete with "common sense" and "moderated" speech for all!


Just for the record, as I have posted on another thread, I have no idea whatsoever about what would constitute the "optimal society" nor do I advocate censorship or "moderated speech".
Me neither.
mfbukowski wrote:As I have said on the other thread, I am pretty much a libertarian.
Me too.
mfbukowski wrote:I will have no further comments on this thread.
Why stop now? You were on a roll in this post.
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Re: Scott Lloyd Extends Bukowski's Notion of the Optimal Society

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mfbukowski wrote:
Doctor Scratch wrote:Ah! Of course! Censorship is the answer to all of this! Perhaps Scott Lloyd can form a partnership with M. F. Bukowski, and together the two of them can draw up plans for creating the Optimal Society: replete with "common sense" and "moderated" speech for all!


Just for the record, as I have posted on another thread, I have no idea whatsoever about what would constitute the "optimal society" nor do I advocate censorship or "moderated speech".



Yes, Emm Eff--I saw your remarks to the effect that you "have no idea whatsoever would constitute the 'optimal society.'" I also saw this:

mfbukowski wrote:All these "sins" lead to a shortened life and a less than optimal life style. That is the meaning of "the wages of sin are death".

We are saved from these sins by expelling them from our lives- in other words, by "repentance and righteous living". "The natural man is an enemy to God". We must overcome our more base impulses and live in a "civilized" way which is what is required for the optimal society.
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Re: Scott Lloyd Extends Bukowski's Notion of the Optimal Society

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Re: Scott Lloyd Extends Bukowski's Notion of the Optimal Society

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The idea that an optimal society must be civilized entails nothing about the structure of the society.

If you would prefer an uncivilized society, that is your option.
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Re: Scott Lloyd Extends Bukowski's Notion of the Optimal Society

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mfbukowski wrote:The idea that an optimal society must be civilized entails nothing about the structure of the society.

If you would prefer an uncivilized society, that is your option.


Would you say that with civilized society comes the complicit need to regulate what might be said by those not in compliance with that society?
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