From: JasonLee@yabbs
To: arachnoi@yabbs
Subject: re: what would U do?
Date: Tue Apr 26 13:02:12 1994

In message what would U do?, arachnoi said:
> More importantly than what U would U say. What would U do to ensure that U 
> are not a victum of the gov? If they decided like the nazi's that U were a 
> philisophical threat, and that U and your family should not be allowed to 
> survive your arrest 

So, if I knew they'd be after me?  I'd leave the country.  Fast as possible. 
If I was well known enough, I could survive for a while (look at Salman
Rushdie).  If not, I might still be able to get along.  There have been many
people in the past (and present) who've survived attempts to shut them up. 
People like Nelson Mandela, Rushdie... Can't think of any more just now.

I think, generally, that you can take two paths in your life: one where your
job/whatever consists of uncovering the criminality in the government, and
another that generally doesn't have much to do with politics.  My current
plans lean more towards the second choice.  It's not because I'm scared or
anything.  It's just that what I enjoy doing does not necessarily make me a
potential threat to the government.

What about you?  What would you do if the government wanted to put you down?

JasonLee