That's actually not true. The state took murder quite seriously even in the "Wild West", some murders were much more difficult to detect, and apprehension of suspects in those murders that were detected could be much more problematic.
Tim Øsleby wrote: > Yes. And the Wild West version of freedom is the right to shoot anybody that > annoys you ;-) > > Some smart guy said something like my freedom ends where your starts and > vice versa. But now we are moving into another debate. > > > Tim > Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Boris Liberman > Sent: 28. desember 2006 14:03 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Doomsday is coming upon us? > > Tim, freedom has various definitions. For instance, that of Communist > Philosophy has it as follows: freedom is "the realized (as in > understood, comprehended) need"... > > That of course not to counter your statement in any way, just to point > out a little something to think about. You're quite right. > > On 12/28/06, Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Some of you seem to claim that freedom is more important than the climate. >> >> My answer is simple: >> I hereby declare my own and my children's right to live. >> >> >> Tim >> Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> >> > > > -- Things should be made as simple as possible -- but no simpler. --Albert Einstein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
