speaking of tax dollars at work...

[Tim May]

We've been having some interesting discussions in scruz.general, my local
newsgroup. (We get together every few months for a "scruzfest," so a sense
of community amonst the discussants has been emerging. I probably now know
more folks by sight in scruz.general than I know Cypherpunks.)

I will forward a couple of my articles.


>X-From_: tcmay at got.net Fri Feb 20 19:22:21 1998
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>Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 19:25:17 -0800
>From: tcmay at got.net (Tim May)
>To: tcmay at got.net
>Subject: Re: speaking of tax dollars at work...
>Newsgroups: scruz.general
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>In article <6clf84$buc at news.scruz.net>, glena at armory.com (Dirt Devil) wrote:
>
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>>
>> I am actually on somewhat shakey ground in agreeing with Tim's desire
>> to hold to the BOR, simply because they have been so perferated.
>>
>
>Sure the Amendments have been perforated, but they're all we have left.
>Even now, as various laws try to close in on controlling speech, the First
>Amendment's crystal clear "Congress shall make no law..." language is all
>we have to hold back the tide.
>
>(And it is _still_ a battle, with Brandeis' "shouting "Fire!" in a crowded
>theater" being used to justify all manner of speech restrictions.)
>
>As for the Second, equally crystal clear, the record is even shabbier.
>>From outright bans on ownership of weapons in New York, to restrictions in
>California, to moves for confiscation of all guns, the tide is _barely_
>being held back.  (As Heather noted in her earlier message, all the
>folderol about the Second referring to a state-run militia, like the
>National Guard, is pure nonsense: the Founders were worried about the
>citizenry being able to fight back, and understood that only free men are
>allowed to possess weaponry.)
>
>In all cases where there is no crystal clear, solid, indisputable,
>"Congress shall make no law..."  language, the statist and professional
>bureaucrats, aided by foolish and short-sighted voters, whittle away the
>freedoms and rights of us all.
>
>The Bill of Rights ain't enough, but it's all we've got.
>
>And it's going fast.
>
>--Tim May
>
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