Re: [OT] "government"

[Scott McDermott <vaxerdec@frontiernet.net>]

Darren Benham on Sat, Dec 05, 1998 at 08:33:13PM -0800:
> > I just have an observation to make: you guys are getting
> > increasingly *bureaucratized*.  Like, massively so.  I like all the
> > [...]
> 
> It's like auto insurance... most of the time you don't need it.. maybe
> never need it.  But when you do, it's nice to have it.  If all goes
> well... the stuff that's being set up isn't going to be needed or even
> used.  Everything can just keep on flowing like it did.  But if the
> liquid start flowing towards the hard drive, we've got the tools we
> need to protect it.

Not true.  What's being set up is a system that fulfills its own
prophecy.  People will cite rules and regulations now instead of
resolving things socially.  But I can't suggest a better way to do it
either so...

-- 
Scott