Date sent: Fri, 28 May 1999 10:10:16 -0400 From: "Michael S. Lorrey" <mike@lorrey.com> Organization: http://lorrey.com http://artlocate.com To: extropians@extropy.com Subject: Re: Guns and Slaves Send reply to: extropians@extropy.com
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> "O'Regan, Emlyn" wrote:
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> > >No, a person who shouldn't have a gun gets quickly dead. A free man is not
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> > >unless armed.
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> > Perhaps the requirement to be armed and to be willing to kill is not
> > freedom.
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> huh? under what logic?
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> Mike Lorrey
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The argument which notes that your definition of freedom
paradoxically requires you to be a slave to a murderous mindset.