On 05/05/07, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/4/07, George Herbert george.herbert@gmail.com wrote:
On 5/4/07, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com wrote:
Only one, however, involves caving to bullies.
Would you knock this off?
The bullies got the law changed in their favor, about eight years ago. That changes the situation to the point that the analogy is not accurate, and insulting.
Yes, and the law has been upheld by the courts.. this isn't vague speculative stuff.
This pro-anarchism-stick-it-to-the-man stuff is really harmful. ... it will be used to justify further encroachments on freedom... and it will be used used to attack the character of people who try to defend against those encroachments.
Its ironic that whatever way you read that you are accepting that some restrictions prevent more restrictions, effectively saying that human freedom is ultimately limited by what its government says it can be without a thought for actual freedom. Too bad more people don't feel like that.... It would make this "peoples democracy" thing so much easier if they blindly accepted any decision you made.
Peter