Re: usage of software [was: Re: Fwd: Re: [ox-en] Walther]

• From: Graham Seaman <graham seul.org>
• Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 08:00:03 -0500 (EST)

Hallo Jonathan,

I thought you'd gone?

Graham

On Wed, 3 Mar 2004, Jonathan Walther wrote:

On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 05:18:47AM [PHONE NUMBER REMOVED], Thomas Uwe Gruettmueller wrote:

On Monday 01 March 2004 17:41, Benj. Mako Hill wrote:

It is the right of every group and every community to
decide what views they want to include in their community and
which views they don't want to include

At least it is not OK for a state to prosecute or expatriate 
people because of their opinions. So this "right" does not apply 
to every group. I'm not sure whether it applies to any group at 
all.

What makes a state different from other social groupings of people?  In
fact, exile of dissidents has a long history as a legitimate means of
ensuring state cohesion.  The colonies were primarily populated by
religious dissidents, except in Australia.

Jonathan

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