Rising Above Petty Illiberalism
John Young
jya at pipeline.com
Sat Aug 27 14:11:51 PDT 1994
Responding to msg by karn at qualcomm.com (Phil Karn) on Sat, 27
Aug 10:1 AM
>It really gives one pause. Is government really the
>enemy of personal freedoms, or does it merely reflect
>an intolerant and unenlightened general population?
>It's easy to make a government that responds to the
>will and whim of the majority, but how can one create a
>government that rises above the petty illiberalism of
>the people it governs to protect the rights of the
>individual?
Phil,
I really liked this. Perhaps you can find a way to stitch into
other topics like you did here.
Don't know what the list reception will be since the recent
thread on government got thumped for disobeying the sirens of
crypto and technology.
Hope yours will catch fire. Fan the embers.
John
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