From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@yahoo.com)
Date: Sun Apr 20 2003 - 12:27:46 MDT
--- Artillo5@cs.com wrote:
> lee@piclab.com writes:
>
> << > (Samantha Atkins <samantha@objectent.com>):
> >
> > Do you care that you are alive as a lawless bully that very well
> > may have just killed other people for no reason whatsoever? Is
> > that life of the kind you want to live?
>
> If the alternative is death, I'd say that's a pretty stupid
> question. It's nice when circumstances offer you a third choice
> of being both alive and perceived as a nice guy. But sometimes
> the world doesn't give you that choice, and it's naive and
> irresponsible to pretend that it does. >>
>
>
> Actually, there's another alternative, too. Beef up your defenses so
> that their weapons don't really do you any damage. Wear a bullet-
> proof suit, so to speak. :)
Liberty isn't about living in paranoia, fear, and distrust of the rest
of humanity.
Conversely, it isn't about killing off everyone you distrust, either.
The best you can do is get rid of the worst of the worst, make sure the
'just as worst' are unable to effectively strike at you, and hope your
sterling example of sternness and restraint educates the rest, that
makes them want to be trustworthy individuals living in liberty.
=====
Mike Lorrey
"Live Free or Die, Death is not the Worst of Evils."
- Gen. John Stark
"Pacifists are Objectively Pro-Fascist." - George Orwell
"Treason doth never Prosper. What is the Reason?
For if it Prosper, none Dare call it Treason..." - Ovid
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