I think it's really unfortunate that Mr. Erlacher finds it necessary
hijack the list
with this ridiculous rhetoric. It's just totally beyond me why someone
would want to
speak in this fashion. I find the lack of importance Mr. Erlacher
assigns to basic
concepts such as liberty, individuality, and respect for human life
appalling.
We've all probably lived long enough to know that governments oftentimes
get confused
and start to drift from what they're supposed to be doing (keeping basic
order) to
legislating trivial and personal areas of human life. I'd prefer not to
have every
element of my life dictated by corrupt old men and off-the-wall special
interest
groups, so on occasion, I find it necessary to work around some of the
more
ridiculous instances of government spew.
There are definitely things that are wrong because they hurt others and
set back
progress made by society, and punishments should be in place to dissuade
people
from doing things like this. If you think it's necessary, however, to
slaughter
everyone who's ever done five over on the highway or smoked a joint, I'd
be
inclined to wonder what terrible abuse you must have lived through to
think in
this manner.
Really, though, this is the "classic computer collector mailing list",
not the
"ultratotalitarian politics list", so as a few other people are starting
to say
as well, could we please just lay this one to rest? It's accomplishing
nothing,
save for making a lot of people very offended and angry.
Thanks,
--Sean Caron (root_at_diablonet.net) |
http://www.diablonet.net
Received on Sun Jul 08 2001 - 11:51:09 BST