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Re: Rejecting Dialog with Government Vermin
At 08:40 AM 4/30/97 -0500, Bradley Felton wrote:
>What is needed is a "Bonsai" government, that is kept carefully pruned into
>exactly the desired shape, and is never allowed to outgrow its pot. With
>this analogy in mind, I would posit:
>
>4) Insufficient pruning mechanisms.
The pruning mechanism was put in by the Founding Fathers in form of the
Second Amendment. The problem was that the People decided they wanted to
give up the pruning mechanism for some (perceived) temporary safety.
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