Actually, I think that MM should be allowed to strike out to his heart's content. The more, he merrier. It only helps things.
And note: here is the basic difference between MM, Thaiquila, Huey, and others of Collectivist persuasion. This sentence,
QUOTE
Secondly, thank you for sending Bob Dole out there and letting us know that Mr. Kerry, though wounded three times, actually "never spilled blood."
Observe the import of this little statement. MM naturally asumes that the President has ultimate power over Senator Dole. Now if you are a Collectivist, it is only natural that the individual be subservient to the State. Collectivists refuse to belive that Senator Dole is an Individual, who has power over his own life, and does not have to subjugate himself to the Republican Collective, led by GWB.
I just presented a point between Collectivism and Individualism on another thread. I will do so here also.
QUOTE
Collectivism holds that the individual is not an end to himself, but is only a tool to serve the ends of the group.
What is the key principle underlying collectivism?
The theory of collectivism (in all its variants) holds that man is not an end to himself, but is only a tool to serve the ends of others. Collectivism, unlike individualism, holds the group as the primary, and the standard of moral value. Whether that group is a dictator's gang, the nation, society, the race, (the) god(s), the majority, the community, the tribe, etc., is irrelevant -- the point is that man in principle is a sacrificial victim, whose only value is his ability to sacrifice his happiness for the will of the "group".
What is the opposite of collectivism?
The opposite of collectivism is individualism. Individualism declares that each and every man, may live his own life for his own happiness, as an end to himself. Politically, the result of such as principle is capitalism: a social system where the individual does not live by permission of others, but by inalienable right.