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  3. From: dickwin@sequent.com (Dick Winningstad)
  4. Newsgroups: seattle.general,pnw.general,alt.society.civil-liberty,misc.talk.poli
  5. Subject: Re: Freedom, Social Responsibility, Individual Responsibility
  6. Message-ID: <1992Dec27.214505.2904@sequent.com>
  7. Date: 27 Dec 92 21:45:05 GMT
  8. Article-I.D.: sequent.1992Dec27.214505.2904
  9. References: <1992Dec21.235231.23188@sequent.com> <1992Dec23.010733.5113@hpcvca.cv.hp.com>
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  11. Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.
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  14.  
  15. In article <1992Dec23.010733.5113@hpcvca.cv.hp.com> scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com (Scott Linn) writes:
  16. >Re: people voting seat-belt laws in
  17. >
  18. >dickwin@sequent.com (Dick Winningstad) writes:
  19. >: Is what your saying, is that it is all right to limit the freedom of
  20. >: individuals as long as the majority says it's all right?
  21. >: This kind of statement (if I understand you correctly) is contrary to
  22. >: the spirit of the founders who wanted to ensure against a tyranny of
  23. >: the majority with the constitution in general and the Bill of Rights
  24. >: in particular.
  25. >
  26. >Hardly what I'm saying.  Re-read my short reply to your message.  *You*
  27. >were saying that government was limiting what you could do; I was just
  28. >pointing out that often it was the people who voted it in, right or wrong.
  29. >
  30. >If you had actually read a previous posting, I am *for* personal
  31. >responsibility.
  32. >
  33. >Jeesh.  I wish people would actually *read* what other people write.  Sort
  34. >of like having an open mind, thoughts going in one ear and out the other,
  35. >through open space...
  36. >
  37. >Scott Linn
  38. >scott@hpcvccl.cv.hp.com
  39.  
  40. I must have missed your previous posting.  I did ask in a nonflame way
  41. (I thought) if I understood you correctly.  If I did read your
  42. previous posting, I must have forgotten it.  I will try to be even
  43. more polite in the future.
  44.  
  45. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  46. +Dick Winningstad                                                    +
  47. +                    Italian Wines are Fine                          +
  48. +          I'd rather be on a Moto Guzzi in eastern Oregon.          +
  49. +dickwin@sequent.com                                                 +
  50. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  51.