Friday, March 10, 2006

Gary North

You've got to love the spirit with which North writes. Here's a random example:

I am not advocating the legalization of prostitution, pornography, or the sale of cocaine to eight-year-old schoolchildren in exchange for homosexual favours. What I am saying... is that we do know the general outline of what an explicitly Christian political economy would look like.

Clouse, Robert G., (ed.) Wealth & Poverty: Four Christain Views of Economics (IVP), p161


Well, thanks for clearing that up for us, Gary!

Although its US focused, there's all sort of wonderful stuff on North's website including his tip of the week, the latest outrages of the government. Enjoy!

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Do you not think it's more than slightly barmy, obsessive-compulsive and just a little scary?

Anonymous said...

But Ros, that's the great delight of Gary North. One of the great polemicists. Never a dull moment. And he's often right, to boot.

Marc Lloyd said...

I thought "wonderful" might be able to include some of your perspectives, Ros!

Anonymous said...

He just seems to me all that's worst about pushy Americans. Surely if he's right he wouldn't need to expend so much energy pointing it out to everyone else?

And what's wonderful about barmy, obsessive-compulsive scary men?

Anonymous said...

"Surely if he's right he wouldn't need to expend so much energy pointing it out to anyone else"

Call the fallacy police!!!

Anonymous said...

And as a man who is at least slightly barmy and shows significant obsessive compulsive traits, I could take offence...

Anonymous said...

"Surely if he's right he wouldn't need to expend so much energy pointing it out to everyone else?" wasn't meant to be an argument against him being right, only an argument against his kind of shameless self-promotion.