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To: IronJack
The mating call of the morally indifferent.

No, the (non)mating call of the practical.

I want to get off the planet. The government isn't going to go away soon. We are going to continue to be regulated, and to think otherwise is to consign yourself to your own little cloud cuckooland (and not one that's in space). We are working on making the existing regulations more rational and less uncertain. This bill is a big step in that direction, which is why most of the space tourism entrepreneurs not only supported it, but instigated it. If you're lucky, they'll let you buy a ticket anyway, regardless of your political cluelessness.

25 posted on 12/09/2004 12:42:59 PM PST by NonZeroSum
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To: NonZeroSum
No, the (non)mating call of the practical.

Ah. "Practical." Another adjective for "accommodationist," "compromiser," "appeaser."

I want to get off the planet.

Don't let ME stop you.

The government isn't going to go away soon.

Or EVER with people like you in the citizenry.

We are going to continue to be regulated, and to think otherwise is to consign yourself to your own little cloud cuckooland (and not one that's in space).

And to reconcile yourself to that so-called inevitability is to strike a bargain with the enemy.

We are working on making the existing regulations more rational and less uncertain.

Maybe you could help the guards sharpen the blade on the guillotine.

If you're lucky, they'll let you buy a ticket anyway, regardless of your political cluelessness.

If you're lucky, the bureaucrats will not tax your dream out of existence.

28 posted on 12/09/2004 8:51:08 PM PST by IronJack (R)
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