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Subject: Re: Re: Tax relief for Churches--ARRRRGH
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Date: Wed, 9-Oct-85 14:50:00 EDT
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>[gnome@olivee]
> Lets see -- they are always trying to negate...
>    Freedom of Religion,
>    Right to keep and bear arms,
>    Freedom from taxation w/o representation,
>    Freedom of speech (what! you publish a newsletter on witchcraft!)
> 
> The persecuted individuals of the future have no new continents
> to flee to.  If we're not careful, we may end up in an updated,
> computer-enhanced version of 18th century England.
>   Gary

This is far too optimistic. The Merry Old  England  of  the  18th
century  had  a lot of freedom.  (Also a lot of lawlessness). The
laws were many, most of them terrible,  but  practically  no  en-
forcement   apparatus,   and  the  customs  were tolerant. Modern
bureaucracy was undreamt of. IF we let liberty slip, we are like-
ly to end up in a much worse place.

		Jan Wasilewsky