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Skriven 2011-06-13 17:41:59 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
     Kommentar till en text av Robert Bashe (2:2448/44)
Ärende: End the war on drugs!
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Hello Robert,

On Monday June 06 2011 12:43, you wrote to me:

 RB>>> In the States, you haven't been since the Whisky Rebellion of
 RB>>> 1794.

 MV>> So much for freedom. My point is...

 RB> Freedom? Where is there no tax on drinking liquor? Is that tyranny?

No, that is just a means of generating income for the state.

Look *I* am not the one claiming freedom should be unlimited. *I* realise that
freedom can not be absolute if only for the simple reason that I am not alone
on this planet. There is always a point where my freedom encroaches on that of
someone else.

 MV>> ... In over a decade of Euro bashing hate mail, Roy has not missd
 MV>> an opportinity to bang us on the head whenever some limitation of
 MV>> freedom came up. Thereby presenting Europeans as the slaves of
 MV>> government regulation and his own country as the shining beacon of
 MV>> light, where everyone is totally free.

 RB> And BOTH are wrong, to some extent.

It does not matter who is right or wrong. What matters is that Roy has been
banging is in the head with this "freedom stick" and now het gets some tit for
tat.

 RB> And of course, both are RIGHT, also to some extent. You have to take
 RB> the bitter with the sweet, Michiel.

I KNOW THAT!!!

But Roy keeps banging us on the hat whenever the above is put into practise.

 MV>> He now gets some tit for tat.

 RB> Seems to me that that's been going on for much longer than just the
 RB> present.

The "tat" has bene ging on for over fifteen years. Now it is time for some
"tit".


Cheers, Michiel

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