Gene Wolfe Fans Talk Politics (Again)

Daniel D Jones · 20 May 2009, 11:32 · from 2009-May.txt.gz

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From: ddjones at riddlemaster.org (Daniel D Jones)
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 07:32:11 -0400
Subject: (urth) Gene Wolfe Fans Talk Politics (Again)
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On Tuesday 19 May 2009 21:24:44 David Stockhoff wrote:
> Sorry, when did I say the American Civil War was justified? It was not.
> See, I've read up on it a bit.

You seem to be implying that the current government is one which rules "with 
the consent of the governed."  I was pointing out that it was, in fact, no 
such thing.

> BTW, in my last post, I meant to add a ";)" after I called you a wingnut.
>
> You're still a wingnut, but I don't mean it in a nasty way. ;)

Trust me, I've been called much worse than that and in a quite nasty way.  I 
don't take offense easily.  I do think it's sad, however, that simply 
believing in the freedom of the individual is so far from mainstream thought 
that it gets me called a "wingnut."

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