Re: Race Bit: C

At 02:11 PM 9/5/96 +0000, jonathon wrote:
>On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, Anonymous wrote:
>> defunded 100%, IMO). Violence begats violence which begats even larger
>> government, don't start us on that road -- leave me in peace.

>If I understand you correctly, it is OK for a government to
>institute violence against the residents of the land it claims
>dominion over, but it is not acceptable for the inhabitants of
>that piece of land to respond in self defence.

I think Mr. Anonymous displays a mental crutch that you'll occasionally see: 
 A person who, while he'll not quite admit defending the status quo, 
criticizes alternatives to it yet doesn't have a solution of his own.  He 
says he wants to be left "in peace," forgetting that most people in the 
world today are NOT left in peace.

The way I see it, the status quo doesn't come "pre-justified":  It needs 
just as much a defense as any other proposal.  Its main advantage is that it 
tends to be more understood that most hypotheticals, because it's been 
tested. Sadly, people tend to ignore its disadvantages, to to excess 
familiarity.



Jim Bell
jimbell@pacifier.com

On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, jim bell wrote:

> The way I see it, the status quo doesn't come "pre-justified":  It needs 
> just as much a defense as any other proposal.  Its main advantage is that it 
> tends to be more understood that most hypotheticals, because it's been 

	More understood, and just more accepted, because alternatives
	are hard to conceive, and even harder to popularize, without
	lots of red liquid running in the streets?

        xan

        jonathon
        grafolog@netcom.com




	On second thoughts, let's just terminate
	with extreme prejudice, each and every individual
	who has worked in any capacity for any part of any
	government agency in the us -- regardless of whether it
	was federal, state or local, and regardless of whether 
	they were president, janitor, or clerk.


	All people in the employ of government agencies are death-dealers.