[TheForge] Mark Krause held on bomb making charges POL:

[peter fels & phoebe palmer]

On 12/12/2010 4:36 PM, Andrew Vida wrote:
>
> Andy Gladish wrote:
>
>> The myth that they're all brainwashed automatons wasn't that convincing in
>> the Sixties, and still doesn't work for me.
> 	That really is not the issue.  It is that they are willing to enforce
> unconstitutional law and policy that is the problem.  Take the drug
> laws, for instance.  Wholly unconstitutional and without any moral force
> whatsoever, yet they are VIGOROUSLY enforced and tons of the guys
> working drug interdiction really get off on the authority and the
> adrenalin.  As a saying goes, war is a drug.
We agree...so?
How much of your life are you willing to donate to the issue? I'm 
feeling pretty tired.
> 	All that aside, there are those who believe they are doing the right
> thing.  Forget the shameful and unforgivable ignorance of such a
> position and focus solely on the good intentions.  The 9-lane
> superhighway to hell is paved with good intentions.
>
> 	Government, as it were, exists for but ONE single legitimate purpose:
> the guaranty and protection of human rights.  That's it.  There is no
> other legitimate function one can name.
Guess it depends on how you define human rights.
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