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Good point, n. I'm sure you're a charming person and not the type to
go running amok.
But if you are going to argue that human beings in their natural state
are wise, benign, peaceful and nonviolent....and that they have a natural
propensity to respect the property and civil liberties of others, I would
disagree.
I remember my first day on the school ground. The teacher, a wonderful
woman, told the class that we are to respect one another, not to fight, to
be good children. Unfortunately, the minute the teacher's back was
turned, all hell would break loose. Perhaps, you attended a very
different kind of school, but my school was an inner city one where a
Social Darwinist law of the jungle held sway. There were little gangs of
bullies who would terrorize the weak and defenseless and there were
children who would deliberately lie in order to get others in trouble..
and heaven help you if you just wanted to mind your own business.
Some of the children would go on to junior high and eventually demonstrate
even more dangerous proclivities: carrying weapons to school, drug use,
prostitution, etc.
I'm sure that others on the list may have attended public schools of a
similar nature. What is my point? Human beings need guidance, direction,
and rules to help them grow. And human societies aren't much different.
That's why you need a government in order to maintain some measure of
order.
Have you ever read Lord of the Flies? It might illustrate my point.
Thank you for the response,
Will
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, nessie wrote:
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> >some form of government is always necessary or society resorts to chaos.
>
> Do you personally need the gun and the club to keep you in line? Or do you
> behave like a decent human being becaue that's what you are?
>
> Show of hands please. I would particularly like to hear in detail from
> anybody out there who would run amok if there was no government to
> restrain them.
>
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