From: Paul Bradley <paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 01:18:36 +0800
To: Wei Dai <weidai@eskimo.com>
Subject: Re: cypherpunks and guns
In-Reply-To: <19980106005136.23824@eskimo.com>
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> I don't understand why there is so much talk about guns here lately.
> Unless someone comes up with a weapon that has some very unusual economic
> properties, individuals cannot hope to compete with governments in the
> domain of deadly force. If we have to resort to physical violence, we've
> already lost!

Ready availablity of defensive weaponry to citizens does create very 
unusual circumstances in that a motivated population can defeat the 
government by pure force of numbers, the fact is, the population is not 
motivated and most of the sheeple swallow the state BS, and just in case, 
most governments restrict citizens access to weapons and ignore the 
citizens right to defend themselves against attack (not that this will 
stop those of us who are motivated). 

Paul Bradley, who may or may not be prepared to defend himself.

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