On Aug 28, 9:59, Ian Sparkes wrote: } Subject: Re: Socio-Economic Cults (Re: Cypherpunk Cults)

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At 14:43 28.08.97 +1000, you wrote:

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On Wed, 27 Aug 1997, Adam Back wrote:

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If one person becomes too much of a nuisance (real trigger happy for ultra minor infractions [...] relatives, friends, or concerned citizens will correct (fill trigger happy person with lead).

Dosn't help the poor person who got shot dose it? Am I mad to beleave that getting killed is a reduction of basic civil liberties?

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That's how the wild west worked anyway... outlaws didn't last that long.

Nor did the wild west.

And nor the innconent bystanders. The 'you pissed me off - bang bang you're dead' mentality was the reason for one of the largest genocides in human history.

One assumes you are reffering to the wild west again? Regardless, a point about the wild west: I have it from a fairly reliable source that in teh entire time period labeled 'The Wild West', there were about 8 shooting deaths in Dodge City (a particularily 'Wild' town), of which 5 were shotgun deaths.... Makes you wonder. I also have a pointer to an excellent, well researched US paper on why gun control is bad, if anyone wants it, but it's been posted here before I'm pretty sure.