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To: chalu2 who wrote (457)	9/3/1999 3:55:00 PM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 1449

OT(?) John Galt -- Enemy of the State! The Mission Impossible Squad versus John Galt by Sam Wells A tall man with short blond hair walked nonchalantly through the door of the little shoe store and entered a closet in the back. After closing the door for privacy, he sat down and switched on a small audio cassette player concealed within a particular shoe box. "Good morning, Mr. Phelps," came the voice from the tape machine. "In the folder at your right you will find a picture of one John Galt, a former physicist and inventor who disappeared some time ago without paying his fair share of income taxes. Worse still, Galt has managed to convince some of the foremost businessmen, industrialists, scientists, engineers and other men and women of intellectual ability to go with him to a secret mountain compound and no longer produce for the good of our society anymore. If enough men of such ability dropped out of society in this manner, it would put our whole system in great peril. With no one producing or inventing new machines and industrial processes, our government would not have enough taxes to support the many progressive and altruistic programs in which it now engages. The hungry Third World countries could no longer receive our government's generous foreign aid and development funding. In addition, the United Nations -- that wonderful monument to global peace, world order and universal brotherhood -- would soon have to fold its operations for lack of money. (cont) laissez-fairerepublic.com

To: chalu2 who wrote (457)	9/3/1999 3:56:00 PM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1449

My sarcastic edge and bad temper are intentional. I consider your attitude dangerous. You are polite in form only, but the substance of your posts is quite rude, in that you do not abide by generally accepted rules of engagement. You have a double standard for terms such as evidence, depending on who is presenting it. My view, that we should not surrender Taiwan, a model of democracy, to a communist country just because they 'might' start WWIII, is in direct opposition to the views you stated. The logical conclusion of your view would be that you would surrender your self and your country to a communist regime in order to avoid a possible war. This view is scary and dangerous. But I suppose you will try to twist your words again to make it look like I am wrong. Go Ahead, I will be disappointed if you do not.

To: chalu2 who wrote (457)	9/3/1999 4:16:00 PM
From: Null Dog Ago	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1449

A very liberal college professor posed this question to me, oh, 5 years ago, about helping other countries in their times of need. She made a good point, referring to our decision to stay out of WWII prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Many people felt the way you do now about helping back then. The country wanted to remain neutral, isolationist. We know what happened after that. China has already stolen secrets from us, they are now a potential threat, and just because we sit back and let them do what they will with Taiwan doesn't mean that when they are done there they'll be all happy and content. I'm not saying this WILL happen, ofcourse, just something to take into consideration.