HI DAve,

On Fri 2037-May-08 06:04, Dave Drum (1:124/311) wrote to Richard Webb:

 RW> BUt that's just where I want the hands of the state, off.
 RW> The libertarians are consistent in that.  education and self reliance
 RW> are most important.  WHEther I"m screwed by big
 RW> business and religious politics as usual or the nanny state
 RW> it makes no difference, I"m still screwed.

DD> My personal political philosophy, as well as it can be written, was
DD> written down by Admiral Bob (Robert A. Heinlein) in his "The Moon Is
DD> A Harsh Mistress". I read the passage where Professor Bernardo de la
DD> Paz explains what his being a "rational anarchist" means and I said
DD> to myself, "Fat boy, that's your political life in a nutshell!"

Ah yes, Rudbeck of Rudbeck.  A good fun read.  REread it
about a decade ago just for grins when I found it at the
braille library one day.

THat one still can't top Stranger in a strange land.  That
book was every anti establishment teenage hippie male's
ultimate fantasy when I first read it.  co-opt the fancy
lawyer dude's pool of beautiful secretaries into being your
harem and support your comunal living lifestyle by using the tools and
techniques of organized religion against it.  BUt, it was a cautionary tale
for such as myself at 15 too, i.e.
the squares will win, there are more squares than people
like you, so meet 'em halfway and stay under the radar .


Regards,
           Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+