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Re: Rejecting Dialog with Government Vermin

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (snow)
Thu May 1 21:33:14 1997

From: snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>
To: kent@songbird.com (Kent Crispin)
Date: Thu, 1 May 1997 17:09:28 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
In-Reply-To: <19970429183938.08726@bywater.songbird.com> from "Kent Crispin" at Apr 29, 97 06:39:38 pm
Reply-To: snow <snow@smoke.suba.com>

> On Tue, Apr 29, 1997 at 06:03:43PM -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
> > Think of it this way: there are tactical and strategic decisions.
> > Strategically, I would like the Federal government to evolve into a form
> > that's consistent with the principles of individual freedom, peace, and
> > limited government enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.

	>><SNIP><<

> To put a finer point on it, what flaw existed (exists) in the founding

	People. They are the flaw. The Constitution relies on the voters 
being rational, or at least putting the country before themselves. 

	Stupid assumption.

> fathers dream and actualization that prevented it from being a stable
> condition?


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