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- From: starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu (Tim Starr)
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- Subject: Re: Definition of an addict.
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.074558.3917@genie.slhs.udel.edu>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 07:45:58 GMT
- Article-I.D.: genie.1992Jul28.074558.3917
- References: <1hG8lQ#8RZW8R0W4KdH1YSJOz07GWhC=esr@snark.thyrsus.com> <1992Jul26.145826.15707@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> <1992Jul27.232221.15799@usenet.ins.cwru.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul27.232221.15799@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> al037@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Dave Polewka) writes:
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- }In a previous article, esr@snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond) says:
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- }>Ah. In that case, it is both correct and predictive to observe that statists
- }>are addicted to government. Political-force junkies, unable to imagine any
- }>solution beyond the next fix. Poor bastards.
- }
- }Yeah, but we ALL suffer, because, like the other addictions,
- }it's a family disease. And there's a hell of a lot of
- }codependency, too. Just like the alcoholic and his family, few
- }can see the connection between the use and the troubling consequences.
- }The typical behavior is to play the blame game. But when
- }everyone is pointing the finger at everyone else, the end
- }result is NO CHANGE. Of course, the REAL solution is less
- }government. When you can't do activity X without getting into
- }trouble, then the common sense answer is to cut down on
- }activity X. Playing the blame game is NEVER a solution.
- }--
- }=======================
- }"Endeavor to persevere"
- }=======================
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- Very well, I'm convinced these folks need a support group of their own, so
- I'll start one. Statists Anonymous. Now howzabout a 12-step program?
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- Tim Starr - Renaissance Now! - Think Universally, Act Selfishly
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- "True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten
- oneself and others." - Voltaire
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