At 10:59 PM 4/22/01 -0400, Phillip H. Zakas wrote: >1. I believe firmly in individual rights and in the right to due process >and equal protection under the law. i also believe these rights apply >to -anyone- outside of the united states, even if that person is not a us >citizen, when being investigated by us leas. Good start. >2. I pointed out the irony that bell himself, in his AP, offered no such >rights at all. Where in AP does Bell discuss *rights* at all? He described how to bang two rocks together to make an arrowhead, not the ethics of meat eating. >3. I disagree with bell's AP and his personal indiscretions for which he >has been tried to the very core of my soul...but i personally would never >resort to an AP-style system of justice as bell advocated...i prefer point >#1 above. So if you lived in a place without #1 being reliably protected by the taxes you're forced to pay, you would not voluntarily contribute to a system that tried to eliminate the worst of the uncontrolled nasties? Not very responsible of you. Perhaps you're an american and can't imagine such a place? -------- If you have too many people you can't lose by starting a war: either you win new land for your extra people or you lose the extra people. -R Bell
