From: "John Hurst", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Too many people live in the ethereal make-believe world
>where violence isn't suppose to exist.
E.J.,
True, but we are not alone in knowing the truth. The author of this
piece is with us, for example;
"The power of productivity is always hostage to the power of the gun. This
is so fundamental, so ultimate a fact of life, that it is almost never
mistaken on the battlelines of society, at those points where the rule of
law is contested by violence. In such a showdown, violence can be bettered
only by superior force, not by good intentions, much less by pieces of paper
with ink on them. Gary Cooper would not have won the showdown in High Noon
if he had reached into his wallet instead of his holster. Yet the failure to
appreciate the ultimate importance of power is actually quite common. People
who live in delightful well-mannered suburbs, who never have to physically
contest for their lives and property, often fail to grasp the subtle logic
of violence. It is a mistake seldom made by hardened criminals. Criminals
are normally connoisseurs of power's subtleties. They understand, as
law-abiding people sometimes do not, that laws are merely wishes on paper
unless there is sufficient power to enforce them. The ultimate law is the
law of the jungle. It is the law that says that what is yours by right and
justice is yours only so long as you-or someone-can protect it".
The Great Reckoning. James Davidson
& William Rees-Mogg.
Regards, John Hurst.
Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org
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