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To: E. Pluribus Unum
In any sufficiently mature society, "civil servant" is semantically equivalent to "civil master." -- Robert A. Heinlein.

I think we've passed that marker. When the government passes so many laws to cover every conceivable situation and in fact many that conflict with each other, we are caught up in a bureaucratic maze that only lawyers can negotiate, we then become sheeple.

85 posted on 06/27/2006 1:16:24 PM PDT by oldbrowser (Good news is no news.)
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To: oldbrowser

"Did you really think we want those laws observed?" said Dr. Ferris. "We want them to be broken. You'd better get it straight that it's not a bunch of boy scouts you're up against... We're after power and we mean it... There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced or objectively interpreted – and you create a nation of law-breakers – and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Reardon, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with." ('Atlas Shrugged' 1957)


108 posted on 06/29/2006 4:54:47 AM PDT by CSM ("Most men's inappropriate thoughts end as soon as the girl talks..." - Dinsdale, 5/30/06)
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