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Re: driver's ed. is a joke
In article 7gc@wanda.pond.com, russotto@wanda.pond.com () writes:
>}>Basically, because the government gets to use large men with guns and
>}>clubs to enforce its edicts, derives all its money by taking it under
>}>the threat of sending large men with guns and clubs after those who
>}>don't pay, and is answerable only to itself.
>}
>} Ah! So you're a cynic, and a fatalist! Have you ever voted? Ever
>}heard of it?
>
>Done it. Those who I vote for never win. I get one vote in several
>million in a few races, and I usually can't stand ANY of the
>candidates.
Then why not run yourself? Or get involved in a PAC? Or write
letters to the editor, or to those in power (now there's a radical
thought!)
Like many, you may be pissed at the current state of affairs, but
too lazy to do anything about it.
> Voting is a placebo -- if it really changed anything, it would
>be illegal.
There's the cynic talking again. Don't bitch about somthing until
you've TRIED to change it.
>}>"Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice, and moderation in pursuit
>}>of justice is no virtue."
>}
>} Maybe you should live by your tagline...
>
>Well, I've never been accused of being a moderate. What do you
>suggest I do to live by my tagline, burn down the MVA?
At least then you'd be DOING SOMTHING. (Not that I'm advocating THAT,
of course!)
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