In a message dated 10/5/00 5:54:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Harry Browne, the libertarian candidate, said that the way a free society
would handle war is to offer a prize to the person or persons who
assassinated the leader(s) of the opposing country. (..)
This principle seems entirely reasonable to me. Indeed, the only
reason I can think of why we don't do this is that it would work so well
that our own leaders would fear for their lives.
>>
...And what makes you be sure that actual prizes are not given to succesful
military (perhaps secret) operations?
...Bodyguards surely behave as if that were the case...
...Maybe I've seen too many Bond movies... :)
-Etch
