Re: [Off-Topic] "Curfews"

["Jean-Francois Avon" <jf_avon@citenet.net>]

On  6 Jun 96 at 17:55, jim bell wrote:

> At 02:47 PM 6/6/96 +0000, Jean-Francois Avon wrote:
> >On  6 Jun 96 at 11:19, jim bell wrote:
> >
> >
> >> >>I _do_ believe, however, that the number of people
> >> >>unjustifiably targeted will be rather low. <snip>  Retaliation
> >> >>is possible, in
> >> >> that case.
> >
> >Sorry Jim, I did not get that at all in the past.  I assumed a
> >context where the inner workings of AP would not be well understood
> > by the population while here, you seems to indicate that everybody
> > would operate under the threat / deterrance of mutual anihilation
> >principle.
> 
> Hmmm...  sorry, I thought that was obvious.  Well, perhaps not
> "obvious," but it's one of those facts that will become second
> nature to people once AP starts up.  

Well, yes and no.  What made me change my mind is when I tried to see 
the situation from the standpoint of a guy from a thuggish mentality. 
Actually, it might not deter somebody else acting on the spur of the 
moment.  Take a typical harsh divorce situation where peoples act in 
the most surprisingly irrationnal way.  I think that ex-husbands or 
wifes would get targeted more than their fair share, and quite often, 
without any reasonable cause.

JF
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