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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (62067)	4/16/2005 9:07:08 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (3) of 74559

<In the old days, nobody listened to the old control freaks. The Chinese just went on and did their own thing.> When was that? I've never heard of such a time. On the contrary. Any kind of freedom anywhere on the planet is in very limited supply and I expect found most commonly in low population density places where there is no pesky moron in a uniform and hat hanging around looking for somebody to boss around to give meaning and money to their pitiful lives. <That is why she lives in the United States. She does not want to be controlled.> While the cant says that the USA is the land of the free and home of the brave, and despite the Statue of Liberty calling the world's huddled masses to cross the Atlantic Ocean, [but not the Rio Grande], my experience is that the USA is the world champion control place, where everything is forbidden unless expressly permitted. Pull out a joint and see what happens! Hack a tree on your own property without a permit and see if a kleptocrat comes calling. But they are only in training compared with the untender mercies of the NZ suffocatocracy. In many ways, China is more Libertarian than the 'free' NZ and USA. For example, a woman recently had to go to China to get foetal stem cells injected into her brain. Women wanting an abortion don't risk murder by foaming at the mouth crazed superstitious cranks for getting skilled medical help, though "right to lifers" would call flushing a fertilized ovum murder and see rich irony in my comment. But don't try using cyberspace in China for seditious purposes, such as suggesting that sars might be a problem, or that murdering Taiwanese could be a bad idea, or that the carnage in Tienanmen Square was unnecessary. Mqurice

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