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To: LindyBill who wrote (19063)12/8/2003 8:16:42 AM
From: MSI  Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 793687
 
It's tricky. The reason I quote Wells is that he starts where you do:

"The new ethic will hold life to be a privilege and a responsibility... and the alternative in right conduct between living fully, beautifully, and efficiently, will be to die."

And then goes to the payoff:

"The men of the new republic will have little pity and less benevolence. The men of the new republic will not be squeamish either in facing or inflicting death... They will have an ideal that will make killing worth the while"

-- H.G. Wells, Human Life and Thought

The latter is where the all-powerful central gov't becomes an all-powerful menace, especially when it asks its subjects to "Trust Me", as is now happening.



To: LindyBill who wrote (19063)12/8/2003 1:51:58 PM
From: Bill Ulrich  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793687
 
Just yesterday, I asked a librarian to show me where the self-help books were located.
She declined, saying it would defeat the purpose.

"It is amazing how those who get involved with getting themselves or others to change bad habits, like drinking and
dope, know that the person involved must help himself, but they can't apply this principle in other areas."


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