From: jbugden@smtplink.alis.ca
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 03:14:22 +0800
To: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
Subject: RE: Tolerance (fwd)
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Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com> wrote:
>Libertarian views should be basicaly if it doesn't harm anothers person or
>property without their prior consent then it should be legal and >permissible.

It is important to consider cultural factors when deciding how groups will react
to differing standards of legal and permissible actions. For example, a brief
summary of the basic tenets held by some different European cultures are given
below:

British: Everything is permitted, unless it is forbidden.
German: Everything is forbidden, unless it is permitted.
France: Everything is permitted, especially if it is forbidden.

Au revoir,
James