From: Joe E. Dees (joedees@bellsouth.net)
Date: Thu May 27 1999 - 14:31:32 MDT
Date sent: Thu, 27 May 1999 13:03:15 -0700
To: extropians@extropy.com
From: Jerome <freeman@well.com>
Subject: Re: Guns and Slaves
Send reply to: extropians@extropy.com
> 'No slave shall keep any arms whatever,
> nor pass, unless with written orders
> from his master or employer, or in his company,
> with arms from one place to another.
>
> Arms in possession of a slave contrary to
> this prohibition shall be forfeited
> to him who will seize them.'
>
> -A Bill Concerning Slaves, Virginia Assembly, 1779
>
Do you feel that the prohibition against owning a thermonuclear
weapon, or Anthrax bacillus, or Sarin, or C-4, or Botulinin toxin, or
even a submachine gun, renders you a slave? Then you have a
pretty stultified and monochromatic view of what freedom's all about.
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