Re: Linux 2.2.20pre10

Jonathan Lundell
2001-10-22T23:58:41Z

At 6:47 PM -0500 10/22/01, Steven Walter wrote:
> > That seems like a willful misreading of the original. Where did you
>> get "consent"? Alan suggests that non-rebellion implies lack of
>> consciousness, which doesn't imply consent.
>
>Seems like, but isn't. It's every citizen's responsibility to be aware
>of the matters concerning the State. If they aren't, then again it is
>their own fault.

I don't quarrel with the fact that you assert that. However, it does
not follow from Alan's statement.

And if non-rebellion by a citizenry against immoral behavior by its
government justifies the slaughter of that citizenry, then, to quote
Jefferson in a slightly different context, " Indeed I tremble for my
country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot
sleep forever."
--
/Jonathan Lundell.