-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Fran Parker <[email protected]> writes:
> Carl Sagan, as the Narrator of Cosmos, describes a statue on the > main wall of the Amsterdam Town Hall: > "Justice, with a golden sword, and golden scales. And who is it > that justice is trampling underfoot? Why, it is avarice and envy, > the gods of the merchants. The Dutch knew that the unrestrained > pursuit of profit posed serious threats to the soul of the nation. If that's true, it's an argument /for/ free trade. Nations are abominations, and deserve to die. A nation, with its congenital citizenship imposition, violates the principle of freedom and anarchy that relations among people be by mutual consent or not at all. So in an uncharacteristic weak moment, Sagan fell victim to the popular misconception that a nation is something worth preserving. In fact, a nation can be regarded as the institutionalized violation of the golden and silver rules about which Sagan so sagaciously wrote. - -- -- StealthMonger <[email protected]> ... who has not requested or consented to any political jurisdiction Key: mailto:[email protected]?subject=send%20stealthmonger-key -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.9 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iEYEARECAAYFAk+rkfUACgkQDkU5rhlDCl5hGQCguSvPvkYkkG3bFrSAXWwFtWTg MYkAn1wuKgomlQSKGLdxOx+FCYkGdAae =KnHU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ liberationtech mailing list [email protected] Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech
