On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >But we have a psychological mechanism here; many people tend to be > >"tough" when not under direct threat. Then they implement the > >mechanism. Then years flow by. Then the prosecutors come. But by then > >it is too late to cooperate. They are doomed (though that depends > >largely on the available lawyers), but it can save the ones they were > >protecting. > > The mechanism Steve suggested probably needs to be applied before you ever see a > court order.
That's a matter of course. At the moment the Men with Bumazhkas come, it's too late to act. When the short circuit happens, it's too late to install the breakers. > Actually, frequent prosecutions could work to the advantage of a select > few who choose to become martyrs. Since it would make it much more > likely supplicants would be called upon. Please explain this thought? > I posted a few months back offering an alternative to religion in > recruitment: the terminally ill. That's not good for this purpose; their lifetime is too short.
