At 06:09 PM 6/09/00 -0400, "Michael S. Lorrey" <retroman@turbont.net> wrote:
>Perhaps my memory is incorrect, but as I recall Paul, you've stated your own
>beleif in Mao's maxim that 'justice comes from the barrel of a gun'. I
fail to
>see how the alternative, that justice comes from a wallet, could possibly be
>worse in any way. It is, IMHO, far better, rather.
Mike's memory is incorrect. Last time this munged `quote' came up, I
mentioned on the list that Mao's famous statement - probably his *most*
famous - was the realpolitik observation (lamentable, but perfectly
plausible as a bottom line):
`Power comes from the barrel of a gun.'
I find it remarkably revealing that anyone here would conflate power and
justice, and could continue to do so once the monstrousness of this error
had been pointed out.
Damien Broderick
[not a Maoist]
[more like a Taoist]
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