[ExI] ccp struggles

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 at 07:55, spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> > *On Behalf Of *Stathis Papaioannou via extropy-chat
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] ccp struggles
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> On Tue, 14 Apr 2020 at 06:25, spike jones via extropy-chat <
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> If the virus really does slay as many proles in China as I think it is
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> to, those 1.4 billion proles may decide they don't want this anymore.  They
> want freedom of speech, they want the right to bear arms, they want the
> kinds of freedoms Americans have taken for granted since forever.  Do let
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> >…Do not conflate free speech with “the right to bear arms”. The latter is
> a peculiarly American idea. The rest of the world for the most part thinks
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> Stathis Papaioannou
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> Stathis, without the right to bear arms, the people have no rights at all,
> but rather only a list of grudging permissions which may be taken away at
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> There are Americans who will argue Americans’ civil rights can be
> rescinded at the government’s whim, but those will all have a common
> characteristic: they have not exercised their right to be armed.
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Even in America, the right to bear arms is not accompanied by a right to
shoot Government officials if you disagree with them, which is what would
be needed. The arms can be legally used by citizens for hunting, target
practice and self-defence, and illegally used for homicide or rebellion.

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Stathis Papaioannou
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