On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Phillip H. Zakas wrote:
> I concur with your general direction. two thoughts came to mind:
>
> first, govt. employees aren't subject to lawsuits because of their official
> acts.
Really? Where does it say this in principle or practice within the
concepts of 'democracy'? In particular where is this in the DoI (w/
reference to principle) or in the C? What happened to 'equal protection
for all', you claim it should be 'equal protection for all, except those
charged to enact and enforce the law'? What kind of sillyness is that?
> plus, in many cases, we need to give govt. employees specific
> exemptions/rights so that they can perform their work (eg. a soldier can
> kill during a war and an irs agent can examine your income tax return, etc.)
Soldiers need so special exemption to fight in a war, it is a clear act of
self defence. No 'permission' is EVER needed for real self-defence, the
act justifies itself. The only(!) time a soldier needs exemption is when
they're NOT doing 'soldier stuff', and in our democracy that should be
NEVER.
An IRS agent can examine your return for the simple reason you are
required by law to turn one in, probable cause. Again, as long as the IRS
agent isn't trying to 'design society' there is no reason to give them
ANY exemption.
> second, madison wrote: "if men were angels, no government would be
> necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal
> controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government," he
> said, "which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty
> lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed,
> and next oblige it to control itself."
And we have that in the Constitution and 'equal protection for all'.
> i think he sums it up pretty well.
I think you mis-understand him.
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