On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 12:57 PM, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Just dozed off. While in that state I heard a wee voice utter "Off with >> their heads!" in French and a louder shout in english with a Shakesperian >> accent "Kill all the lawyers!". What a nightmare! > > "I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and > as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. > Unsuccessful rebellions, indeed, generally establish the encroachments > on the rights of the people which have produced them. An observation > of this truth should render honest republican governors so mild in > their punishment of rebellions as not to discourage them too much. It > is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government." > > http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/summer/letter.html > > T
In that regard the crime of treason should be eliminated. It only serves to aggrandize the state. harry
