Webb Traverse and the Philosopher's Stone

Paul Mackin paul.mackin at verizon.net
Tue Jun 19 08:58:09 CDT 2007


On Jun 19, 2007, at 2:08 AM, mikebailey wrote:
> the State as a hindrance to their ideals.
> A conclusion one might draw is that maybe these ideals spring
> from 2 different sorts of person (implying physical difference:
> maybe a key gene that could be toggled one way or another)
> and that a state in fact has
> arisen as an entity to play upon or mediate these differences...

Does this meaning that maybe having a state and a government is a  
good thing after all?


>
>
> (nope, still not that coherent.  glad this is for fun, and not
> for a grade...)
>

Having fun is a principle that has served the p-list well over the  
years.

Coherence is boring.

P






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