Privacy from whom?

[Rodney R. Korte]

On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 15:41:48 -0700 (PDT), Bill Wood wrote:

>Trying to be polite ... during the last century (years
>beginning with 19) governments were directly responsible for
>the violent deaths of over 200 million people, with at least
>two billion hurt and/or their lives ruined, 

Certainly interesting and appalling figures.  Do you have
figures for the number of people working basically forced
labor by non-government entities all over the world, even
in the present day?  Are you aware of this practice?

>                                            mostly the result
>of socialist governments left carelessly lying around.  Lets

Hmmm.  "left carelessly lying around".  Interesting choice
of words.  Not sure what you mean.  Intervening to "fix" this
problem would mean some government involvement that would
certainly cause more death and carnage.

>see the internet top that. Or corporations, or, even Bill
>Gates. What nonsense.
>
>The problem is governments. Period. Nothing else even comes
>close.

Not even organized religions?  I'm not belittling what 
governments have done in the past.  I *do* think that you
are overstating that "nothing else even comes close", and
I also think that you have missed my point (and I *know*
I made this clear):  governments have done this in the
past because of their unique position with power and 
resources, but they will not be the only ones in this
position in the future, in large part because of the 
Internet.

Besides, governments don't do these things by themselves.
Governments are eventually people.  And they have been
trained to think a certain way.  Which all comes back
to my other original point.

>Humane and intelligent people excuse lies, repression, 
>slave labor, and mass extermination when they are done 
>in the name ... of the working class.
>
>Thomas Sowell, Marxism

Certainly.  Mr. Sowell has made my point by extension,
actually.  Thanks!
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