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From: renner@uiucdcs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Comments on the Libertarian Platform
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Date: Sun, 16-Dec-84 10:57:00 EST
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Nf-From: uiucdcs!renner    Dec 16 09:57:00 1984

The whole point of this exercise was to demonstrate that the government's
power is ultimately based on its willingness to kill you if you defy it.
More than one person interpreted the word "resist" in #8 to mean unarmed
resistance, which does spoil the scenario.  So I have taken the liberty of
revising it to make it quite clear what kind of resistance is involved.

1.  GOV: You owe us $1,000.
2.  YOU: No I don't, and I'm not going to pay it.
3.  GOV: Since you didn't pay your taxes, we'll give you a last chance to
         pay the $1,000 plus penalty and interest.
4.  YOU: I didn't owe you the money in the first place.
5.  GOV: Very well, you're going to jail.  Report first thing in the
         morning.
6.  YOU: I will do no such thing.
7.  GOV: OK, we'll send some men to take you to jail.
8.  YOU: I will resist them, since I never owed any money.
9.  GOV: We'll send two or three of them, bigger than you, and they will
	 carry you away whether you like it or not.
10. YOU: I am entitled to defend myself against your thugs, and I will
         prevent them from attacking me by threatening them with this 
         shotgun.
11. GOV: BANG!
12. YOU:

Scott Renner
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