Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site uiucdcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!renner From: renner@uiucdcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Comments on the Libertarian Platform Message-ID: <29200179@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 16-Dec-84 10:57:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.29200179 Posted: Sun Dec 16 10:57:00 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 17-Dec-84 05:39:41 EST References: <2775@ucbcad.UUCP> Lines: 27 Nf-ID: #R:ucbcad:-277500:uiucdcs:29200179:000:1207 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 {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!renner