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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
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Subject: Re: Seat belts (re: re:) You kiddin??
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Date: Sat, 27-Apr-85 04:09:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat Apr 27 04:09:00 1985
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>/* wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) /  8:12 am  Apr 25, 1985 */

>You seem to forget one important point in ranting
>against government.  YOU are the government.  Those
>guys who run around passing laws do so because a majority
>of folks asked them to do it for them.  You want to
>change the way government works, hustle your buns and
>get your own guys in there.  Its kinda like getting
>someone to sub for you on your bowling team.  Your
>not going to get a sub with a 55 average, your going
>to try and get someone with a 210 average.  Stop
>electing below par subs and get some real people
>in there.  Remember, YOU ARE the government.
>T. C. Wheeler

Even if democracy worked perfectly, i.e., representatives voted the opinion of
the majority all the time, this does not mean that the laws passed would be
morally acceptable.  But I guess that sort of idea is a bit too much for a
jock to comprehend.

						Michael Sykora