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From: jhull@spp2.UUCP (Jeff Hull)
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Subject: Re: Personal Defense
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Date: Wed, 17-Apr-85 13:22:55 EST
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Summary: Personal responsibility is a pre-requisite for civilization.

To summarize, I believe that personal responsibility for every element
of my life is a pre-requisite for a truly civilized society.  This
includes being responsible for my own defense, should the need arise.
Civic duty requires that I be willing & able to assist others to defend
themselves should the need arise.  (Originally, I put this summary at
the end of the article.  Then I realized that Ed's article was so far
from being a response to mine, that my point was in danger of being
lost in all the rebuttal.)



In Ed's