On Thursday 26 June 2008 15:45, Eric Oppen wrote: > 'Way too many people have huge emotional stakes in the way things are, or at > worst, aren't actively discontented with it: "Oh, what do I need a gun or > the right to carry one for? This isn't the Wild West!" and until we quit > purging each other over trivial bits of doctrine and start finding ways to > reach out to those people, we're doomed to frustration.
Reaching them isn't the only issue. What makes you think they'll listen? -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters" - Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James M Dakin
