Subject: Re: [lpny_manhattan] candidates getting on the ballot....... matching funds suck Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 17:06:45 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong No argument with your decision . Your choice , and no actual= battery took place ; the incident was petty . But the principle is not . if he had shot you or Lesley , the= principle would be the same , but your decision would likely be different= . Providing a fair court has been the most basic theoretic= function of government for at least 3800 years ( cf : hammurabi ) . On Wed, 14 May 2003 14:59:21 -0400, Travis Pahl wrote: >=A0I am a bit more an anarchist than a jeffersonian. =A0I am about= 95% sure that >=A0had the government dealt with him, justice would not have been= served. =A0 I >=A0was satisfied with his apology, unharmed, and got the= information I desired. >=A0He was grateful for me not pressing charges, and will= hopefully, if in a >=A0similar situation, do the same. =A0Why waste tax payers money on= something >=A0that was already settled? =A0Why risk having a guys life ruined= (i think he >=A0was an illegal immigrant) by having him possibly deported just= so the >=A0government can do their 'one legitimate function'? -- =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 NEW : Newsletter : http://cosy.com/K/CoSy/NL200305.htm Ultimate Computing Environment : =A0http://cosy.com/K/CoSy.htm A WTC vision : http://cosy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/05/14 4:52:07 PM