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From: kjm@ut-ngp.UUCP (Ken Montgomery)
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Subject: Re: Seat belts
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Date: Wed, 8-May-85 11:51:38 EDT
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>[mark@digi-g.UUCP (Mark Mendel)]
>
>>[not attributed...]
>>
>>Rather *government* is a privilege granted by the *drivers*, at least in
>>principle.
>
>Give the man a cigar!
>
>At least in theory that's what a government should be.  A good case can be
>be made, however, for goverment today being a protection racket.

Government *today*?  When has government ever been anything but a
protection racket?

--
The above viewpoints are mine.  They are unrelated to
those of anyone else, including my cats and my employer.

Ken Montgomery  "Shredder-of-hapless-smurfs"
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