Re: FAT patents. Do we need to revive non-US?
On Thu, 2006-01-12 at 11:10 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> richard writes:
> > Regrettably, the individuals who control armies and police forces make
> > more difference.
>
> Armies and police forces consist of individuals who individually choose to
> take individual actions.
I don't know how it works in the post-modern EU, but in the rest
of the world, if you choose not to obey orders from the leaders
you have sworn to obey, the coercive power of the state lands full
square on your shoulders.
Even in the USA, where you swear to obey all *lawful* orders.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson, LA USA
"The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money
from private industry or private sources is essentially a
socialist argument."
Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA)
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