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To: neverdem
I can't avoid saying the obvious. You are being obstinate in refusing to recognize the general proposition that more government means less freedom for individuals at their expense for the benefit of those in the majority.

That is because I don't believe it to be correct, and I have given a dozen reasons to prove my point. I can give more but I doubt it will change your obstinate refusal to recognize that anarchy doesn't mean more freedom.

Romans 13:1-6
1 Obey the government, for God is the one who put it there. All governments have been placed in power by God. 2 So those who refuse to obey the laws of the land are refusing to obey God, and punishment will follow. 3 For the authorities do not frighten people who are doing right, but they frighten those who do wrong. So do what they say, and you will get along well. 4 The authorities are sent by God to help you. But if you are doing something wrong, of course you should be afraid, for you will be punished. The authorities are established by God for that very purpose, to punish those who do wrong. 5 So you must obey the government for two reasons: to keep from being punished and to keep a clear conscience. 6 Pay your taxes, too, for these same reasons. For government workers need to be paid so they can keep on doing the work God intended them to do.

You can not cite the justifiable expansion of rights to females and blacks without recognizing the loss of privilege and rights which white males had previously claimed, to their obvious detriment.

I recognize the loss of privilage but not rights. Affirmative Action was a logical step to enforce equality and correct past injustice. It seems to have worked in my eyes and the eye the others. Today AA has outlived its need and the debate is now how to phase it out.

"As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality." - George Washington

"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!" Benjamin Franklin(1706 - 1790)

The American people don't always get it right but they learn from their mistakes. Prohibition and welfare reform are great examples. This is a government of the People, by the People, and for the People. Not wolves.

"Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." -- Winston Churchill, speech, House of Commons, Nov. 1947

204 posted on 08/22/2004 4:46:08 PM PDT by Once-Ler (Proud Republican. and Bushbot.)
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To: Once-Ler; neverdem
my quote from 204 - The American people don't always get it right but they learn from their mistakes. Prohibition and welfare reform are great examples. This is a government of the People, by the People, and for the People. Not wolves.

One more example is the AWB which will expire in 5 legislative days. Now I can have a semiautomatic with a bayonet holder and a flash suppressor. I'm gonna be a well armed sheep even though there are more laws and more people since 10 years ago.

205 posted on 08/22/2004 5:10:09 PM PDT by Once-Ler (Proud Republican. and Bushbot.)
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