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Old 07-14-2009, 02:32 PM   #13
Griff
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Originally Posted by Undertoad View Post
And without the state and the social contract, I believe I would be severely worse off. If only for the obvious fact that without its defense, my physical area would be taken over by a foreign power and perhaps a very worse government implemented.
[anarchy]That is about the only argument I truly buy. It is a terrible thing that we have to establish governments so others don't establish worse governments. Now that we have one there can be no end to the nonsense that left and right wing nuts will pursue so now we have to monitor... think maybe we should have stock-piled Molotov cocktails instead?[/boy]
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