From: JasonLee@yabbs
To: arachnoi@yabbs
Subject: re: crazies
Date: Thu Apr 14 23:22:40 1994

In message crazies, arachnoi said:
> {The difference is that the ppl involved would be the
> ones responsible for their own lives, and retribution
> against the Crazies. In other words, U don't wait for the
> cops to show up, U blow the villian away. Or U hunt him
> down. It becomes very personal. Instead of a handful of
> cops, every1 is a cop. This type of anarchy is called
> Fronterism.}

That's what I was saying!  It's a delusion to think that U might not be a
crazy, just hiding it.  Since you have all this power (a gun, a raygun,
whatever) you can go kill someone (or everyone) for no reason.  What stops a
group of people from becoming crazies and killing all "dangerous" people
with blond hair?  Wouldn't if they didn't come for you, but came for your
sister?  What if the crazies are thousands strong?  How do you feel if there
is no higher authority to prevent individual tragedies?  What I'm saying is
that Frontierism does not have to be fair, it can be just as wrong and
hurtful as any crime.  How many people's lives will be miserable under this
system?  What if the group of crazies prevents weapons from being
distributed to some area?  Iff you notice, this starts to become a
governmental system (though a very primitive one).  Basically, there's no
way that people live for long without forming posses, then enforcement
agencies, then lawmaking organizations.  Simply because someone is weak, or
does not wish to live in a violent world does not mean they should be
abused.
We should pretty much thank Bog that the US is at least slightly protective
of the "rights" of people who can't do it themselves.

JasonLee