[Fitzcarraldo]

-- Ask your friendly ATF agent about making a machine gun. -- Then give some thought about who gets to decree what tools are to be "sinful".

I see your point.

Too bad we can't partition the world into regions where the Amish can be happy and unmolested, the SINers can be happy and the mushroom eaters can be likewise happy. I once hoped we could establish independent colonies around other stars for safety and separation, but I fear there is no time left for that.

[tpaine]

-- Ask your friendly ATF agent about making a machine gun. -- Then give some thought about who gets to decree what tools are to be "sinful".

I see your point.
Too bad we can't partition the world into regions where the Amish can be happy and unmolested, the SINers can be happy and the mushroom eaters can be likewise happy.

I give you Pennsylvania, Las Vegas, and the Zuni Reservation.

I once hoped we could establish independent colonies --

Our Constitution still allows independence. -- We just have to work at keeping it free from those who see sin everywhere and want to prohibit it.