From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Sat Dec 29 2001 - 18:12:29 MST
KPJ wrote:
>
> It appears as if Michael M. Butler <butler@comp-lib.org> wrote:
> |
> |I refuse to condemn Mike Wiik solely on the basis of his having
> |a pocket nuke and a puckish sense of humor. I consider those two
> |pieces of data to be neutral and positive, respectively.
> |
> |More date is needed.
>
> OK, Mike of Borg will use his pocket nuke connected to whether his
> nose starts running or not: if it starts to run, poff goes the
> neighbourhood. If not, no big-badda-boom.
>
> This will surely mean that everyone will try to keep his nose dry?
>
> Or Benny of Borg will wire his pocket nuke to explode when people
> are nasty to him, in an effort for a friendlier society.
>
> This will surely mean that everyone will be polite around him?
>
> If you don't like these two examples, The Borg have several others. |-]
>
> Now, feel free to state your comments. "The audience is listening."
Because some creatures are too irrational to be trusted with so
much as an icepick doesn't mean that all beings are to be
forbidden what in the hands of the utterly irrational and
irresponsible is dangerous. The assumption that no citizen
should have what every citizen cannot be entrusted with is quite
questionable. The assumption that only citizens who have become
part of the government should have what most citizens are not to
be trusted with is also very questionable.
- samantha
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