On Thu, 29 Oct 1998, Anonymous wrote:
At 07:52 AM 10/29/98 -0500, Chip Mefford wrote:
but some peope are scared of drugs/paedophiles/terrorists etc, so thats the way in for the jackboots. To oppose it we need to reduce fear.
Thats the most interesting POV I've ever heard of in these discussions, seems like for the most part, we counter fear arguments with other fear arguments, Never saw this before. Bears more examination.
Right. The new Happy Net campaign.
Druggies.. why, they're friendly enough to be elected officials in such peaks of civilization as D.C. and L.A. And the more successful recreational pharmaceutical merchants are luxury-car and mobile telecomm early adopters!
Pedophiles. Well, consider that Kennedy and his babysitter.. You'd still vote for him, right?
Terrorists. Well, shoot, everyone needs to express themselves some times. One day you're a terrorist, the next you're boosting the POTUS's ratings a few points with a handshake.
Well, Sorry, I don't mean to sound pollyanneish, thats not my point. Its just a point of view I had never heard expressed before, and I thought it was interesting. Fighting fear with more fear isn't working. Its just that simple, a different approach I think is worthy of investigation. thats all