That's crap, Bill. You can't assume that restrictive measures will grow more restrictive. History shows exactly the opposite. Once the fear and danger have lessened, the restraints are loosened. It happened in the aftermath of WWII and the aftermath of the cold war. It will happen again. Paul On Dec 27, 2006, at 11:30 PM, William Robb wrote:
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: Re: Doomsday is coming upon us? > > >> I shudder to think that my friend's children will be surfs because we >> listened to those who "knew better", and destroyed a technical >> civilization that allowed everyone to be free in favor of one where 9 >> out of 10 worked to soil to support 1 out of 10 in luxury. > > That's crap Peter. > Changing to a sustainable technologocal model doesn't (can't actually) > presume a destruction of a technical civilization. > What sort of freedoms do you suppose the Patriot Act, rev3.0 will > leave you > with? > > William Robb > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
