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Re: Misperceptions of America (Was: Conversation w/ a LEGO Rep)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 1 Sep 1999 04:19:42 GMT
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cjc@newsguy.%NoSpam%com
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Moz (Chris Moseley) <moz1@ihug.com.au> wrote:
> It's a bit tricky - on the one hand crims tend to see stretches inside
> as no real deterrent, but on the other paw if any violation results
> in execution why not go all out to escape capture? France at the time
> of Les Miserables (the revolution) and England at the time of Dickens
> are examples of a Libertarian system based on executing criminals
> that were not worth using for hard labour. Many of the problems of
> those systems have yet to be addressed by Libertarian political
> theory.
Who said execution for any violation? Keep the open flames away from
all that straw, please.
Les Mis - seen the poster. Read some Dickens. Mostly bored with
history after 479 AD. Wasn't aware that the French Revolution or any
period in English history was characterized by a Libertarian movement.
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