Responding to msg by karn@qualcomm.com (Phil Karn) on Sat, 27 Aug 10:1 AM
It really gives one pause. Is government really the enemy of personal freedoms, or does it merely reflect an intolerant and unenlightened general population? It's easy to make a government that responds to the will and whim of the majority, but how can one create a government that rises above the petty illiberalism of the people it governs to protect the rights of the individual?
Phil, I really liked this. Perhaps you can find a way to stitch into other topics like you did here. Don't know what the list reception will be since the recent thread on government got thumped for disobeying the sirens of crypto and technology. Hope yours will catch fire. Fan the embers. John