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- From: starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu (Tim Starr)
- Subject: Re: Registered Keys - why the need?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.083426.26639@genie.slhs.udel.edu>
- Organization: UDel, School of Life & Health Sciences
- References: <1992Nov01.233637.138278@watson.ibm.com> <1992Nov3.090942.1626@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> <1992Nov6.034529.11323@news.eng.convex.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 08:34:26 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov6.034529.11323@news.eng.convex.com> gardner@convex.com (Steve Gardner) writes:
- }In article <1992Nov3.090942.1626@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> denning@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu writes:
- }>I apologize for the insult. What led me to say what I said was that
- }>many people had said things that I interpreted as disrespectful of
- }>all law enforcement.
- } When law enforcement starts behaving in a respectable manner
- } they will enjoy the *earned* respect of the populace.
- } When they stop such abominations as civil forfeiture and
- } other abuses in the name of the war on some drugs they can hope
- } for respect. In the mean time they deserve nothing but contempt
- } from a proud and free people. You may think like a serf if you
- } wish but don't be surprised when others don't follow suit.
-
- Whoa, there! I'm with you on the evils of civil asset forfeiture and other
- abuses, but you're engaging in collectivist thinking if you claim that law
- enforcement deserves no respect whatsoever. This is unreasonable. Just
- because there are some bad apples - okay, many - doesn't mean they're all bad.
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- Tim Starr - Renaissance Now! - Think Universally, Act Selfishly
- starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu
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- "True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten
- oneself and others." - Voltaire
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