From: Black Unicorn <unicorn@polaris.mindport.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 95 08:33:50 PDT
To: Charles Lewton <clewton@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Linking = Showing = Transferring?
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On Fri, 15 Sep 1995, Charles Lewton wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Sep 1995, Duncan Frissell wrote:
> 
> > 
> > On Thu, 14 Sep 1995, Lucky Green wrote:
> > 
> > > The answer is trivial. If it pisses of the fascists in power enough, you
> > > go to jail or get killed.
> 
> > 
> > As a libertarian nut, I bow to no one in my love of extreme statements.  
> > But I feel compelled to sqaush this particular notion whenever I see it.  
> > Randy Weaver really pissed off the Feds and did not go to jail (except 
> > during trial) and received a $3.1 million settlement.  (.1 to him, 3 to 
> > the kids but they are minors).
> > 
> > DCF
> > 
> 
> Not quite squashed, Duncan.  Bullet placement (poor by some standards)
> is all that prevented Mr. Weaver from croaking like his unfortunate wife.
> She is said to have "pissed off" the feds but was not charged with a
> single actionable item yet she remains quite dead.
> 
> Unless I have missed somthing somewhere, no TLA is concerned in the slightest
> with individual liberty.  That notion should keep a rational person awake
> nights.

Much as I like the concept of checks and balances, this is an example of 
the evils of power balanced and checked ex post, and not ex ante.


> 
> Chuck
>