At 03:43 AM 2/7/96 -0800, lunaslide@loop.com wrote:

Now, in respose to Mr. Bell. As I stated above, I found your proposal [assasination politics] absolutely facinating, to say the least. [...] However, I must point out, and I'm sure you realize this, that it would not be adopted by the public at large for some time to come, or more likely never. There are too many people who believe that it is wrong to take a life for any reason and that no action justifies death.

This, of course, explains why war is impossible these days and why the public is outraged whenever the government executes a murderer. :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- | We have the right to defend ourselves | http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ and our property, because of the kind | of animals that we are. True law | James A. Donald derives from this right, not from the | arbitrary power of the state. | jamesd@echeque.com