Freedom [Was: Goodbye GOSUB]

Article View: alt.lang.basic

Article #577

#577

From: Ian Staples
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 00:00

28 lines
2306 bytes

In article <27pj4.27521$wk.482273@news1.mia>, 
"Judson McClendon" <judmc@bellsouth.net> wrote:
>Slip Gun wrote:
>>
>> But when you
>>mix communism with someone like stalin, look at what you get - 20 million
>>people killed just because of his paranoia, and nothing anyone else can do
>>about it, due to his complete control. Communism just doesn't go with human
>>nature.
>
>There will *always* be people like Stalin (and others) to oppress the
>population, when there is little personal freedom, responsibility,
>and incentive.  [...]
[snip]

Mind you, there was also a fair bit of suppression of a large part
of the population (a couple of hundred thousand perhaps?) back in
the days when a certain newly independent country was celebrating
a declaration along the lines "All men are born free and equal ..."

At least here in Oz at that time, *our* "slaves" were owned by 
Georgie Porgie and not by you and me.  ;-)

But what's this got to do with BASIC anyway?  8-) [Followups set.]

Cheers,  Ian S.

ianstDELETE@THISdpi.qld.gov.au

Technical Details

Message-ID: <86m7tq$12e$2@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail

References:

<7rag4.278$Pb4.2457@newsfeed.slurp.net> <85rn2o$91r$1@news.ox.ac.uk> <38822b7a.7532637@news.cableinet.co.uk> <kxKg4.876$SM.11065@news4.mia> <3885009F.EFD0A048@home.com> <LJkh4.1117$pk.8274@news3.mia> <38866B9F.ECC3D029@home.com> <m3Fh4.3323$pk.41663@news3.mia> <5f0c7d8349.rob@kiwisoft.co.uk> <388B2E40.30B3373@eccl-soc.demon.co.uk> <86kde0$jr6$1@news.ox.ac.uk> <86keio$kru$1@news.ox.ac.uk> <388DEB29.56DE681E@eccl-soc.demon.co.uk> <27pj4.27521$wk.482273@news1.mia>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 1042ac,ad5b884057c28b5f,start
X-Google-Attributes: gid1042ac,public
X-Google-Thread: 10ab99,eee01def4343f3b4
X-Google-Attributes: gid10ab99,public
X-Google-Thread: 1083c4,ad5b884057c28b5f,start
X-Google-Attributes: gid1083c4,public
From: ianst@refer.to.sig.au (Ian Staples)
Subject: Freedom [Was: Goodbye GOSUB]
Date: 2000/01/26
Message-ID: <86m7tq$12e$2@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au>
X-Deja-AN: 577740677
References: <7rag4.278$Pb4.2457@newsfeed.slurp.net> <85rn2o$91r$1@news.ox.ac.uk> <38822b7a.7532637@news.cableinet.co.uk> <kxKg4.876$SM.11065@news4.mia> <3885009F.EFD0A048@home.com> <LJkh4.1117$pk.8274@news3.mia> <38866B9F.ECC3D029@home.com> <m3Fh4.3323$pk.41663@news3.mia> <5f0c7d8349.rob@kiwisoft.co.uk> <388B2E40.30B3373@eccl-soc.demon.co.uk> <86kde0$jr6$1@news.ox.ac.uk> <86keio$kru$1@news.ox.ac.uk> <388DEB29.56DE681E@eccl-soc.demon.co.uk> <27pj4.27521$wk.482273@news1.mia>
Followup-To: aus.general,soc.culture.usa
X-Complaints-To: news@uq.edu.au
X-Trace: bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au 948871930 1102 203.25.1.208 (26 Jan 2000 07:32:10 GMT)
Organization: Speaking Personally
NNTP-Posting-Date: 26 Jan 2000 07:32:10 GMT
Newsgroups: alt.lang.basic,aus.general,soc.culture.usa

Reply to Parent Message