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Subject: RE: "bad" government

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From: "Richard F. Dutcher"

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Do you assume privacy and protection from arbitrary power are solely libertarian concerns? If so, educate yourself and check out the ACLU and Amnesty International ... ..................................................

You can check out each group, each organization, each institution, etc. one by one, and eventually arrive at the realization that it's a matter of principle. Anyone can make your life hell, even the "good guys" who are supposed to know better and whose talents are engaged supposedly for the support of great ideals.

"Oh Liberty, what crimes have been committed in your name."

.. Blanc

All too true. What's your point? Got a principle that *hasn't* been used/abused? Rich Dutcher, San Francisco Greens P.O. Box 77005, San Francisco, California 94107 USA "That's libertarians for you - anarchists who want police protection from their slaves." Kim Stanley Robinson, "Green Mars" Greens, of course, only enslave plants - so weed-whackers work better than cops ...