From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Wed Nov 13 2002 - 11:46:58 MST
In a message dated 11/12/2002 5:41:44 PM Central Standard Time,
phoenix@ugcs.caltech.edu writes:
> On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 06:20:15PM -0500, Dehede011@aol.com wrote:
>
> > How did the world get along before relief became a government
> > function? You are totally ignoring a vast mechanism devoted seeing that
>
> Poorly.
>
> Or it'd be a church function, funded by tithes which were practically a
> tax.
> Or you'd be helped by the small local community which knew you and knew you
> weren't a slacker, unless you pissed off the small local community for
> being
> the wrong religion or just weird. This has trouble working in the large
> high-mobility cities we tend to gather in.
>
> -xx- Damien X-)
>
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