Re: e-$ and AP

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

On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 01:14:00 -0500 (CDT), Missouri FreeNet Administration wrote:

>On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Jean-Francois Avon wrote:
>>...  When govt stop taxing, who'll want to put a price on their heads anyways?


>I think for most of us, the question goes *way* beyond the outrageous
>taxation issues.
>I think the basic human rights issues will still drive
>the vast majority of the cypherpunk-rebel-type.  The "government"'s
>assertions of paternal control over each and every individual body need to
>vanish before they can expect any real respect (and thereby cooperation).
>No "government" can dictate to *me* whether or not I have the right to
>kill myself, or ingest drano/sulfamethoxizole/Klinton-Hormone-Tablets, or
>any of a thousand other victimless activities.
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>Whether the so-called "democratic government" of the USSA likes it or not,
>each of us is in fact a sovereign over our own lives, and no peace will be
>forthcoming until they re-recognize this very basic [constitutional]
>premise.

Greetings Mr. Terranson

I fully agree with you on that.  But the fact is that a large proportion of hte 
population does not react against that.  The reasons are multiple and I recently 
read a very interesting and valid explanation as to why it happens.  Taxation is 
simply the most visible, the most conductive to get revolted against part of 
that system.  But, as we say here in french (french Kanadian), "Money is the 
nerve of war".  A government who would not dare to tax (regardless of the cause) 
would not have the ressources to wage the war it is currently waging over it's 
citizens, thus it would likely become a non-issue.

The money sprinkling that is done by the govt is what appease the population.  
Part of what is confiscated is used to pay for spin doctoring, which helps 
(them) too.

Here in Kanada, 55% of the GDP flows in the hands of our Rulers, to be sprinkled 
at their discretion, as if they knew better how to dispose of our sweat than us 
who sweat it out.  So just remember, every time you take a hike, only 4 1/2 toes 
move your lard for you...

Regards.

jfa


>Yours, 
>J.A. Terranson
>sysadmin@mfn.org
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>If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they
>should give serious consideration towards setting a better example:
>Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of
>unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in
>the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and 
>elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire
>populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate...
>This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States
>as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
>
>The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers,
>associates, or others.  Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of
>those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the
>first place...
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