-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- In <19970521092223.04748@bywater.songbird.com>, on 05/21/97 at 10:22 AM, Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com> said:
Who decides what are legitimate activities for government? Either the "elite" or the "sheeple", or some combination thereof? Strictly speaking, I think the "legitimate activities for government" is meaningless -- ultimately governments *always* define their own legitimacy. To precisely the extent that you are able to effectively discuss the "legitimate activities of government" you are in fact participating in the power struggle, which means you are part of the real government (just a small faction perhaps...)
It is very simple as to what the legitimate activities of the government is. It is explicitly spelled out in The Constitution of The United States. It states quite clearly in no uncertain terms what the federal government can and can not do. Unfortunately people like yourself and the majority of politicians feel that they can wipe their ass with this document whenever it suits their needs. - -- - ----------------------------------------------------------- William H. Geiger III http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii Geiger Consulting Cooking With Warp 4.0 Author of E-Secure - PGP Front End for MR/2 Ice PGP & MR/2 the only way for secure e-mail. Finger whgiii@amaranth.com for PGP Key and other info - ----------------------------------------------------------- Tag-O-Matic: To whom the gods destroy, they first teach Windows... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQCVAwUBM4NJQo9Co1n+aLhhAQHsdAQAwymTJK9JA0aFeQ/DQuZeEbpgDu3jiPjV 4JMPk6y+Ag7oQdn2ywuzFu/sSTUurZjBNNRtPT0dfrEnC9RTavyiyRc+uM7qyLI2 UIBtPSzA+w+llX6kVZgLDXcMO+jconMA4jk4L+gmR39gQOHWvtxG4pxEX21L8f25 zkDhs00B1s0= =r5dm -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----