From: Joe E. Dees (joedees@bellsouth.net)
Date: Fri May 28 1999 - 17:46:36 MDT
Date sent: Thu, 27 May 1999 23:01:56 -0400
From: "Michael S. Lorrey" <mike@lorrey.com>
Organization: http://lorrey.com http://artlocate.com
To: extropians@extropy.com
Subject: Re: Guns and Slaves
Send reply to: extropians@extropy.com
> "Joe E. Dees" wrote:
>
> > Slavery is illegal here.
>
> Just because you aren't called a slave does not make you a free man.
>
I do not harm others, others do not harm me, and I do as I please,
as long as I can pay my way. Seems like a pretty good practical
definition to me.
> > >
> > > The difference between a free man without a means to defend himself and a
> > > slave is vanishingly small; they are separated only by random circumstance
> > > that neither control.
> > >
> > The difference between a free man and a dead one is one person
> > with a gun who shouldn't have it.
>
> No, a person who shouldn't have a gun gets quickly dead. A free man is not free
> unless armed.
>
You mean that a man who is not free to kill many others at a
distance and a moment's notice isn't free? How free is your armed
man if a nut, child or criminal who shouldn't even have a gun shoots
him in the back of the head?
>
> Mike Lorrey
>
>
>
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