[118813] in Cypherpunks
Re: depending on the meaning of the word 'civilian'
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William H. Geiger III)
Fri Oct 8 14:28:07 1999
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 14:06:42 -0400
Message-Id: <199910081806.OAA20476@domains.invweb.net>
From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@openpgp.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list <cypherpunks@openpgp.net>
Reply-To: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@openpgp.net>
In <199910081737.TAA12806@mail.replay.com>, on 10/08/99
at 07:37 PM, Anonymous <nobody@replay.com> said:
>At 11:12 AM 10/8/99 -0400, Lysander Spooner wrote:
>>simply stop doing things -- things you
>>shouldn't be doing anyway -- that cause terrorists to attack you and the
>>attacks will stop."
>Schear's feedback. It will be sad that civilians die, but
>hey, collateral damage to the machine. Regrettable errors based on
>outdated maps. Depending on the meaning of the word civilian.
IMHO there is no such thing as an "innocent" civilian. All citizens are
responsible for the actions of their government regardless of the type of
government and the level of the citizens support. No government,
regardless how draconian, can survive without at least the indifference of
the populace. In western democracies, even small percentages of the
population can have dramatic effects on their governments policies. After
watching the soviet union & eastern europe fall without significant
violence I can not understand how people can still cling to the false idea
that somehow the citizens of a country are just innocent bystanders.
>I am confused though. You'll get freed if you set a hundred 'Rican bombs
>to leave the US, but you're a terrorist with a price on your head if you
>simply want the US off your pile of sand. I probably need to watch more
>TV.
Governmental hypocrisy is nothing new.
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