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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (119200)	11/11/2003 1:05:57 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) of 281500

The issues you raised boil down to two things: the majority are due to undemocratic practices in a democratic society. For example, if you were to take a vote on if Americans agree with most corporate welfare programs (agriculture, steel, medicine, etc), they would turn it down. However since the corporate contributions to the politicians is so great, such issues are removed from the democratic process (or more accurately the democratic process has been corrupted by undemocratic interests). The remainder of your points were discussed in some details by Socrates, Plato, and later by Jean Jacques Rousseau. They have to do with how much you are willing to give up to the society in exchange for the benefits you get from being a member of it. So long as there are valid options available, you can't complain much about penalties for cutting down trees in your home (Socrates refused to escape his death sentence on the grounds that having loved, lived, and defended Athens all his life, he was could not betray its judgement when it was not to his liking).

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