From: Eugen Leitl (eugen@leitl.org)
Date: Mon Aug 26 2002 - 13:43:36 MDT
On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Reason wrote:
> Kevin makes a point that slips past again and again: 90%-100% of
> arguments/discussions about power, authority and legislation are occuring
> several levels too high. They presuppose an existing, immutable ground level
> fixed reality (no matter how bad) and proceed to argue on top of that. That
> fixed reality is of course only legislation, and completely mutable. For
> some strange reason, people eventually stop arguing about whether or not to
> have an evil dwarf repeatedly punch them in the stomach, and argue instead
> about what color his beard should be.
Yay! Most colorful & excellent description of a widespread pattern. </me2>
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