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To: The Philosopher who wrote (9425)	5/21/1999 3:44:00 PM
From: lin huan chen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

Christopher: It's like pregnancy. You either believe in the principle of the rule of law (not meaning you never break a law, but when you do, you accept the consequences) or you don't. Believing in law when it's convenient but not when it's not is anarchy, not law By your definition, you will be surprised that a lot of people are pro-anarchy. It is the alternative to dueling. Without law, everyone is free to rob, kill, bomb, anybody they want for any reason they can justify to themselves. On the other hand, in human history there are a lot of great men, or criminals depending which angle you are looking at, broke law to achieve what they believe in. Let's agree on another thing: new born children in maternity wards in hospitals don't deserve to die. There got to be some US soldiers in WW 2 who did some terrible things, so should we let Hitler do whatever he liked? regards

To: The Philosopher who wrote (9425)	5/22/1999 3:07:00 AM
From: Andy Thomas	Respond to of 17770

>>Law is simply the decision to accept limits on oneself in order to demand limits on others. It is the alternative to dueling. Without law, everyone is free to rob, kill, bomb, anybody they want for any reason they can justify to themselves.<< I think they should bring back dueling. I see nothing wrong with it. As for "anarchy," I think it would be workable as long as _everyone_ understood their are consequences to our actions. A friend of mine has an interesting saying, "Anarchy is a word used by tyrants." In the end though I'm against this war, but probably not for the same reasons as you. By the way, what happens when the tentacles of government become so expansive that, no matter what a citizen does, they're breaking some or another law? FWIW Andy