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To: miraje who wrote (737)	10/26/2002 3:14:05 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 19790

Isn't that the defense Milosevic is trying before the International Court of Justice? We'll see how well it works for him. JMHO. Charles Tutt (SM)

To: miraje who wrote (737)	10/26/2002 3:57:39 PM
From: QwikSand	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 19790

So if Bill Gates had said during his deposition: "I do not recognize the legitimacy of the law...blah blah blah," it would have "worked" and "the smug Department of Justice would have to scramble to manufacture new rationalizations"? I see two possible scenarios that this writer might have in mind. 1: Bill Gates proclaims the illegitimacy of antitrust statutes during his deposition. He then continues to answer questions in accordance with the rule of law. Net result: some right-wing websites proclaim him a Hero of the Libertarian People's Revolution. Some letters get written against antitrust statutes to some congressmen and magazines. Some other letters get written supporting antitrust statutes and pointing out the essential hypocrisy in Gates' remarks. Nothing much else changes. 2: Bill Gates proclaims the illegitimacy of antitrust statues during his deposition. He then refuses to cooperate with the proceedings. The smug Department of Justice scrambles to imprison him for contempt. Some right-wing websites proclaim Gates a Super Duper Ultra Hero of the Libertarian Peoples' Revolution, and call for the armed overthrow of the U.S. Federal Government, but for some impenetrable reason that doesn't happen. The Microsoft board of directors elects a new chairman who immediately disassociates himself and Microsoft from Gates' remarks and vows full cooperation. In keeping with his iron principles, Gates never gives in and spends the next four years in a minimum-security federal prison with a T1 link to his cell and pictures on the wall that change to reflect the tattoos of the prisoners passing outside his bars. He is then released because nobody cares any more, and runs a successful self-funded billion-dollar campaign for President of the United States. His first official act is to proclaim Linux a threat to national security. Hm, come to think of it, I guess he SHOULD have stood up for his principles after all. --QS