-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Alex Le Heux wrote:

On 2 Oct 1997 01:29:33 +0200, in list.cypherpunks you wrote:

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Cynthia Brown wrote:

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On Wed, 1 Oct 1997, Alex Le Heux wrote:

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This sucks.

I agree wholeheartedly.

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IMNSHO the best way to fight crime is not with bigger guns than the "bad guys", but with better social programs such as universal health care, and improved day care so single parents can show their kids what a productive lifestyle looks like.

Of course you agree wholeheartedly, you are an exploiter. It is wrong. You should be ashamed of yourself.

Can you explain who exactly exploits who here?

How about our friend J.F. Avon? He has the misfortune to share citizenship with Ms. Brown. Thus, while he may be minding his own business, doing nobody any harm, and pursuing happiness, should he decline to spend thousands of hours of his life working to pay money into Ms. Brown's socialist schemes, armed men will come to his house, put him in a cage, and leave him there for years. That's not a very friendly way to treat a neighbor, is it? In the United States, many thousands of people correctly recognize this situation. Many thousands of people are gun owners. Many thousands of people are not only gun owners, but combat veterans. The logical outcome would be great violence directed towards the government. Yet, this has not happened (recently ;-). Why? Certainly if the sums at stake were involved between governments, there would be fodder for many wars. The only conclusion that can be drawn is that civilians, even armed civilians with combat experience, are so overwhelmingly peace loving that they will bend very far backwards to avoid trouble, even if it means thousands of hours of work. Can the same be said of career military or government people?

PS. What's the point in posting anonymous when you have this sig?

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