Date sent: Fri, 28 May 1999 04:17:12 -0700 (PDT) From: mark@unicorn.com To: extropians@extropy.com Subject: RE: Guns and Slaves Send reply to: extropians@extropy.com
> O'Regan, Emlyn [Emlyn.ORegan@actew.com.au] wrote:
> >Perhaps the requirement to be armed and to be willing to kill is not
> >freedom.
>
> Right; you'd rather hire thugs, give them badges, and have them armed and
> willing to kill for you... anything as long as it's not your responsibility.
>
> Of course back in reality-land there's no reason why everyone should be
> armed; merely the fact that some small proportion of people are armed
> with concealed weapons causes a significant drop in crime rates.
>
> Mark
>
A rugged individualist pining for the wild wild west.