--- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jan Coffey wrote: > > > >> Actually, they are Heinlein's words, and the full quote is: > >> > >> "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good > >> when one may have to back up his acts with his life." > >> -Robert A. Heinlein, Beyond the Horizon, 1942 > > > > I do in fact agree with Heinlein on many things. And while > > we have some agreement on this issue, (we would be on the > > same side of the arguement here). I do not exactly agree > > with this statement. > > > This statemente is totally false. Just look at any > armed society - like a slum, or an area under the > control of a terrorist group - and check if people > are polite there. >
Exactly. There is no balance of power there. ===== _________________________________________________ Jan William Coffey _________________________________________________ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l