[117361] in Cypherpunks
Re: Enemies of the state By Diane Alden
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Reese)
Wed Sep 1 06:35:58 1999
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 06:12:47 -0400
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From: Reese <reeza@flex.com>
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At 04:14 AM 31-08-99 -0400, Marcel Popescu wrote:
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>From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
>> Enemies of the state
>> By Diane Alden
>
>Ok guys, I think I've asked this a zillion times, without receiving a clear
>answer. I'll try again:
>
>WHY THE HELL DO YOU ALLOW THEM TO DO IT?
>
>I'm from Romania, Eastern Europe. I can testify for what happens when the
>government becomes an absolute master. I KNOW the terror that you're gonna
>feel. Trust me, 1984 is NO exaggeration. And yet, you prefer to sit on your
>butt and do nothing about it. WHY?
>
>Mark
well mark, we are at that sticky point where the sheeple haven't realized
the gov't is unresponsive, and yet it is still to soon to start shooting
them in their offices.
the stage is set, the players are poised, but the director hasn't called
"action" yet. so when ones and twos protest by force, they are seen as
extremists, rather than the reactionaries they really are.
"All men that are fittinge to beare armes, shall bring their
pieces to church . . . for drill and target practice."
- a 1631 Virginia law