Re: The "stupid" masses

Lee Daniel Crocker (lcrocker@calweb.com)
Sat, 28 Dec 1996 20:43:27 -0800 (PST)


> If bullets were the only way to control crack, I wouldn't use them,
> because they wouldn't work. I know the story, too. That's why I favor
> biological warfare instead of coercive force.

I should frame that--it's even better than the "arrogant bastard"
quote, and less obviously facetious.

This is why careful epistemology is important, folks: without it,
even well-intentioned people can be emotionally manipulated into
doing things like engineering the extinction of a biological
orgainism that has saved many lives, just because many people
don't use it responsibly.