Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:13 PM 6/11/06 -0400, Scott McLoughlin wrote: >Frank, good point. Kind of a "rational actor" theory. Citizens can't >be rational actors without good information, and rational actors will >generally avoid armed conflict (given there is always incomplete >info, and given that rational actors may well *sometimes* choose >conflict). Sure, the rational actor as you call him will grin as the Mongol Horde rides over the horizon, rapes his wife and daughters, and burns his farm. We fight for our survival. I have no firearm close at hand but I do know how to fight and I can be a vicious SOB if my own survival calls for this. I do have my Dad's saber close by, and that might do to eliminate a Nasty Guy. But, then, my dog would have shredded the fellow before he got up the steps, so what is the problem? Do NOT ever argue with a Border Collie! Marc msmall@aya.yale.edu Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!