[91086] in Cypherpunks
Re: The Illusion of Freedom
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Sat Nov 29 20:03:11 1997
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 01:35:08 +0100 (MET)
To: cypherpunks@algebra.com
From: nobody@replay.com (Anonymous)
Reply-To: nobody@replay.com (Anonymous)
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Nerthus wrote:
>>"Okay soldier, let's see that pass!" Is this the treatment accorded
>>to a free man?
>
>Clearly not. Let me rephrase what I said since it appears it was not
>as obvious as I had thought.
>
>Those who wage war (the politicians/"kings") are rarely the slaves.
>Those who die (the soldiers/citizens) usually are.
Oh, I see what you mean now. Thanks for the explanation.
>The soldiers and citizens are the pawns and other chessmen on the
>chessboard who are sacrificed to protect the king of their color
>while attempting to checkmate the king of the other color. All
>chessmen are expendable, except the two kings. When one of the kings
>is checkmated, the game is over.
Leaving the loser to slouch off toward Doorn, St. Helena, or Asuncion
to die.
Monty Cantsin
Editor in Chief
Smile Magazine
http://www.neoism.org/squares/smile_index.html
http://www.neoism.org/squares/cantsin_10.htm
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