Hie thee over to Tim Worstall's blog for an interesting (and sometimes scary) discussion on the extent to which it is right to use state power to achieve social goals. "Jacob" began the discussion on Tim's post about the economics of alcohol consumption, by saying;
I’m not sure I understand. Why exactly do we not want to corrall people
into making certain choices? Seems to me that threat of a prison
sentence corralls people into not breaking the law.
into making certain choices? Seems to me that threat of a prison
sentence corralls people into not breaking the law.
An interesting debate ensued, with more such interventions by "Jacob" Eventually this led "Stephen" to make my favourite blog comment of the week;
I’m wondering if Jacob is a bot. That’s possibly the first time I’ve seen a human fail the Turing Test…
Touché. Stephen of Zenvestor, blog commenter at Tim Worstall's blog, is hereby appointed my "Person of the Month."
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