On Mon, 7 Jul 2008 08:58:59 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:


"Stuart & Kathryn Fields" wrote in message
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Naw This is just a waste of time and keystrokes. I haven't learned
anything new and I would bet a bunch neither have you. All this energy
with no yield is definitely a waste of time.

I'll go along with that, but what I take from this is that I've heard not
one idea from you, Larry, or any other self-proclaimed libertarian that
would solve a single problem you've brought up, except to ignore it and hope
it goes away. I really don't get how grown people can swallow this nonsense.
And it is nonsense -- a utopian idea that people will get better, and things
will get better, if you just ignore them.

And most people recognize it, Stu. That's why Ron Paul and the other crazies
are going to be marginalized as long as they promote ideas that have no
basis in history or experience, and no logic to support the idea that they
will do something positive. It's all just an expression of frustration with
the imperfection of people and the messiness of government in general.

Ed, if we simply tossed out a few thousand of our superfluous laws
(TBD) and enforced the truly valid ones, things would immediately
improve.

People would feel less abused, cops would get a helluva lot more
respect, and courts might get the time they need to give proper
handling to criminals.

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