Right, but the comparison that we are Nazi Germany because of driver registration was far fetched, and belittled the seriousness of WWII. No, we're not free to do as we please in many ways, but you've got to pick your battles.
He builds up to...So, let’s reiterate. You need government permission to make your home, travel, earn a living, defend yourself, obtain medical treatment, and educate your children. You will never get government approval for many of those things in many places. You will never get government permission to entertain your mind and body in unapproved ways. At certain times, you cannot criticize those who decide who and what gets approved. You must sell your property to the government if they want it, and you must kill and die for them if they tell you to. And you have no choice but to pay for it all anyway, whether you like it or not.
And still, we think we are free.
And that's a good point, but if we feel that that, challenging the authority of government as a whole, is the war we must win, we stand a much higher chance of losing and being ignored entirely vs. fighting a war against the Patriot Act, DMCA, intrusive multi-national companies, war in Iraq etc. and other such specific injustices.
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Re: A case for driver registration
Date: 2004-04-19 12:50 pm (UTC)He builds up to...So, let’s reiterate. You need government permission to make your home, travel, earn a living, defend yourself, obtain medical treatment, and educate your children. You will never get government approval for many of those things in many places. You will never get government permission to entertain your mind and body in unapproved ways. At certain times, you cannot criticize those who decide who and what gets approved. You must sell your property to the government if they want it, and you must kill and die for them if they tell you to. And you have no choice but to pay for it all anyway, whether you like it or not.
And still, we think we are free.
And that's a good point, but if we feel that that, challenging the authority of government as a whole, is the war we must win, we stand a much higher chance of losing and being ignored entirely vs. fighting a war against the Patriot Act, DMCA, intrusive multi-national companies, war in Iraq etc. and other such specific injustices.