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Moiraine · 05-25-2002, 05:41 PM

Magik, one of the governments' major roles is to protect the citizens that cannot protect themselves, from physical or financial or mental/emotional threats. Words said by people adept at manipulation, like sects, or our neo-nazi party leader Le Pen, are such threats. He did say once that the holocaust never happened, BTW. Therefore, governments have to implement a way to counteract such threats, thus make laws. How these laws are framed is another matter. But such laws have to be set, and I hope they will be set on an international level some day soon, because, as we all have discovered on September 11th, there are some major threats that transcend national boundaries.

You are basically abiding by the eons-old "law of the strongest", while I dare to hope that the evolution of man and civilization, just like it has allowed us to change our physical environment, must also lead to new and more civilized mental attitudes. Increasing power cannot thrive without increasing wisdom.

[ 05-25-2002, 05:48 PM: Message edited by: Moiraine ]

05-25-2002, 05:41 PM	#247
Moiraine Anubis Join Date: March 1, 2001 Location: Up in the Freedomland Alps Age: 59 Posts: 2,474	Magik, one of the governments' major roles is to protect the citizens that cannot protect themselves, from physical or financial or mental/emotional threats. Words said by people adept at manipulation, like sects, or our neo-nazi party leader Le Pen, are such threats. He did say once that the holocaust never happened, BTW. Therefore, governments have to implement a way to counteract such threats, thus make laws. How these laws are framed is another matter. But such laws have to be set, and I hope they will be set on an international level some day soon, because, as we all have discovered on September 11th, there are some major threats that transcend national boundaries. You are basically abiding by the eons-old "law of the strongest", while I dare to hope that the evolution of man and civilization, just like it has allowed us to change our physical environment, must also lead to new and more civilized mental attitudes. Increasing power cannot thrive without increasing wisdom. [ 05-25-2002, 05:48 PM: Message edited by: Moiraine ] __________________ [img]\"http://grumble.free.fr/img/romuald.gif\" alt=\" - \" /><br /><br />The missing link between ape and man is us.