From: Michael  Conlen <meconlen@IntNet.net>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 94 07:32:47 PDT
To: blancw@pylon.com
Subject: Re: Alt.Gvmt.Bad.Bad.Bad
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On Tue, 30 Aug 1994 blancw@pylon.com wrote:

> From Rachel_P._Kovner:
> 
> >It was once said that (and I quote -very- loosely) "The 
> >price of liberty is  eternal vigilance", therefore, 
> >'bad government' is probably not a result of  some kind 
> >of evil or malicious people, but just people who do not 
> >guard  their rights. 
> 
> 
> It could also be said, somewhat loosely, that criminal theft is 
> just the result of people who do not protect their property. 
> For them it's as easy as falling off a log:  the big G will 
> just keep getting worse and taking over more (Somebody Stop 
> Me!).  

Theft could be from thoes who do not protect there property and from 
thoes who do not respect others property, so can it also be said that 
'bad government' can be from people not protecting there rights and 
people who have no respect for the rights of others? 

Michael Conlen