Re: No Googling quiz

[Eubulides <paraconsistent@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "Tom Walker" <timework@xxxxxxxxx>



> "They are private companies, but the enormous scope of their influence
comes
> largely as a result of their government-conferred power."
>
> 1. Who said it?
> 2. What was the circumstances?
> 3. Which private companies was s/he referring to?
>
> NO GOOGLING!
>
> Tom Walker
> 604 255 4812

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What, is Lieberman's staff lurking on Pen-L?




How about this one:

Men naturally rebel against the injustice of which they are victims. Thus,
when plunder is organized by law for the profit of those who make the law,
all the plundered classes try somehow to enter — by peaceful or
revolutionary means — into the making of laws. According to their degree
of enlightenment, these plundered classes may propose one of two entirely
different purposes when they attempt to attain political power: Either
they may wish to stop lawful plunder, or they may wish to share in it.

Woe to the nation when this latter purpose prevails among the mass victims
of lawful plunder when they, in turn, seize the power to make laws! Until
that happens, the few practice lawful plunder upon the many, a common
practice where the right to participate in the making of law is limited to
a few persons. But then, participation in the making of law becomes
universal. And then, men seek to balance their conflicting interests by
universal plunder. Instead of rooting out the injustices found in society,
they make these injustices general. As soon as the plundered classes gain
political power, they establish a system of reprisals against other
classes. They do not abolish legal plunder. (This objective would demand
more enlightenment than they possess.) Instead, they emulate their evil
predecessors by participating in this legal plunder, even though it is
against their own interests.

It is as if it were necessary, before a reign of justice appears, for
everyone to suffer a cruel retribution — some for their evilness, and some
for their lack of understanding.