On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Jim Choate wrote:
You misrepresent, governments don't (in general) make 'arbitrary prohibitions'.
What, pray tell, governments have you been studying? While I will agree that it is not the "job" of government to make arbitrary prohibitions, it _is_ within their *nature*. Furthermore, all groups which can be said to be acting in a government-like manner, i.e., in a control state, tend to devolve into this behaviour very quickly. I would go as far as to hypothesize that formalized government may well be a group-agreed "scapegoat" [agent] for this behaviour. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------