--- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jan Coffey wrote:
> >
> >> Actually, they are Heinlein's words, and the full quote is:
> >>
> >> "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good
> >> when one may have to back up his acts with his life."
> >> -Robert A. Heinlein, Beyond the Horizon, 1942
> >
> > I do in fact agree with Heinlein on many things. And while
> > we have some agreement on this issue, (we would be on the
> > same side of the arguement here). I do not exactly agree
> > with this statement.
> >
> This statemente is totally false. Just look at any
> armed society - like a slum, or an area under the
> control of a terrorist group - and check if people
> are polite there.
>
Exactly. There is no balance of power there.
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