From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Mon Feb 17 2003 - 20:14:09 MST
> > I think LDC is not a big fan of nations, and I certainly
> agree with him on
> > that one. Ignoring them is not an option, however, and
> declaring them
> > dinosaurs wont stop me becoming T-Rex breakfast.
>
> I agree that one must grant nations /practical/ import, the same way
> that one must recognize the physical power of the government you live
> under to jail you or worse. I may not agree with the IRS or the DEA,
> but I pay taxes and don't smoke pot because I don't relish the idea
> of being gang-raped in the shower by men whom the state had more
> legitimate reasons to imprison. But the post to which I was replying
> seemed to imply that nations had some /moral/ import; he seemed to
> say that the protesters were "anti-American", as if there were
> something wrong with that.
Indeed you were. I was speaking to other posts more than your own, excuse me
for any confusion caused.
Emlyn
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