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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 22:17:24 -0400 Subject: Re:Texas Driver's License database on the web From: lucifer@dhp.com (lucifer Anonymous Remailer)
It amazes me that in an age when government and corporations have access to untold mountains of information about all of us, that we seem to get upset when Joe Average is given access to that same information.
I at least have a contractual relationship with both of them that provides me at least some promise of fair arbitration. Something I don't have with Joe Average implicitly.
The Machine feeds off of us by taking away our rights of self expression and self defence and then convincing us that the Machine is our benefactor and protector while our fellow humans are a threat to us and should be feared.
The Machine takes the rights we give up willingly for a long-term loan on a 40" television and another $10k a year.
Thus we end up fearing people with different religious views instead of the Machine that launches a murderous assault on the men, women and children who are a threat to our mainstream views.
Not just religious views, but skin color, sex, etc. This is a function of all social animals (in fact the society wouldn't work if it wasn't) and in particular primates. To draw the conclusion that this somehow flows from our contractual agreements based on impatience and greed is illogical. ____________________________________________________________________ | | | _____ The Armadillo Group | | ,::////;::-. Austin, Tx. USA | | /:'///// ``::>/|/ http:// www.ssz.com/ | | .', |||| `/( e\ | | -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- Jim Choate | | ravage@ssz.com | | 512-451-7087 | |____________________________________________________________________|