[79331] in Cypherpunks
Re: Rejecting Dialog with Government Vermin
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucky Green)
Thu May 1 00:03:40 1997
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 20:05:09 -0700
To: Bradley Felton <zim@pobox.com>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Reply-To: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
At 08:40 AM 4/30/97 -0500, Bradley Felton wrote:
>What is needed is a "Bonsai" government, that is kept carefully pruned into
>exactly the desired shape, and is never allowed to outgrow its pot. With
>this analogy in mind, I would posit:
>
>4) Insufficient pruning mechanisms.
The pruning mechanism was put in by the Founding Fathers in form of the
Second Amendment. The problem was that the People decided they wanted to
give up the pruning mechanism for some (perceived) temporary safety.
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