[extropy-chat] Fill it in a pave it over

[Adrian Tymes]

--- Dan Clemmensen <dgc at cox.net> wrote:
> Does the government have any legal obligation to turn the pumps back
> on?

Maybe not, but it's a suicidal (career-wise) mayor who ignores the very
vocal wishes of a majority of the city's voters.  Or maybe the pumps
are controlled by the county or state - either of whom has similar
motivation to do so.

> You can't have it both ways. If you want minimal government
> involvement, 
> the pumps
> stop. If you want the pumps to keep running, you must agree to a role
> for government
> (or for some other collective with coercive powers,)

Few if any of us are New Orleans residents.  Most of them don't want
minimal government involvement - they might like lower taxes, but they
*definitely* want the pumps running.  Quite a few of them disagree with
logic, too: they want stuff they don't have to pay for, and strongly
resist any attempts to impose reality on their fantasy (and tend to
suffer the consequences thereof, quite unwillingly).