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- From: helz@ecn.purdue.edu (Randall A Helzerman)
- Subject: Re: ftc and ms
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.221513.368@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>
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- References: <BzMLLx.JtD@news.iastate.edu> <1992Dec22.102732.22124@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> <1992Dec22.162730.0299825@locus.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 22:15:13 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.162730.0299825@locus.com>, lowell@locus.com (Lowell Morrison) writes:
-
- |> >If there was a law in Germany mandating that all Jews be killed would you
- |> >said that Hitler had every right to do it, Period???
- |>
- |> Very Bad Example. The German Decree was Written by Hitler after the
- |> disolution of the Bundestag (parlement) and was an Illegal Executive
- |> Order. Not Law at all. And even if the Bundestag has agreed, the
- |> German constitution (if my memory serves me correctly) would have made
- |> That Agreement Illegal. And of course, Genocide is illegal by international
- |> laws dating from before WWI.
-
- Ok are you saying that if international laws allowed genocide it would be
- all right? My point was only that just because there is a law which
- allows it doesn't mean that it is right or that the law is just.
-
-
- |> >
- |> >Just because the FTC has a "legal" right to steal and destroy doesn't make
- |> >it right.
- |> Try telling that to the IRS, they do it much better and with more verve.
- |> They make YOU tell them you have sinned and then fine you for it...<grin>
-
- Indeed.
-
-
- |> >Won't you please consider what is going on from a moral standpoint?
- |> >Is this really the kind of country that you want to live in?
- |>
- |> Yep, this is the kind of country I want to live in. It may be the
- |> worst form of government, with the worst laws, until you consider
- |> all the rest.
-
- Are you saying that this is the best we can do? Its pretty nice but I
- think we should be above government sponsored theft. Call me an idealist
- but I don't think its too much to expect that the government and your
- competators respect your ownership of your things.
-