Moving beyond "Reputation"--the Market View of Reality

measl at mfn.org measl at mfn.org
Mon Nov 26 20:08:42 PST 2001



On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Jim Choate wrote:

> You misrepresent, governments don't (in general) make 'arbitrary
> prohibitions'.

What, pray tell, governments have you been studying?  While I will agree
that it is not the "job" of government to make arbitrary prohibitions, it
_is_ within their *nature*.  Furthermore, all groups which can be said to
be acting in a government-like manner, i.e., in a control state, tend to
devolve into this behaviour very quickly.

I would go as far as to hypothesize that formalized government may well be
a group-agreed "scapegoat" [agent] for this behaviour.



 -- 
Yours, 
J.A. Terranson
sysadmin at mfn.org

If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they
should give serious consideration towards setting a better example:
Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of
unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in
the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and 
elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire
populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate...
This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States
as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers,
associates, or others.  Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of
those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the
first place...
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