Joe writes:
>Well, the referenda seem to be doing well (a flawless
>record of passage so far, every time the citizenry have
>been allowed to vote). A more radical idea would be a
>national Surrender Day. If everyone who, say, smokes
>MJ showed up, all on the same day, at their closest police
>station with a couple of joints and turned themselves in,
>the jails could not hold them all.
Okay, now I'm really confused. I like those ideas above, but can't quite see how they relate to:
>One must strive to be resolute enough in defense to
>prevent aggression from achieving its goals and instead
>force it to pay a stiff price, so that aggression will
>subsequently be abandoned by the aggressor as a
>counterproductive strategy.
???
(And, FYI: Your statement about the referenda having "a flawless record of passage so far, every time the citizenry have been allowed to vote" is completely incorrect. You must not have been watching the referendas come and go (down to defeat) many, many times over the last 15 years.)
-Prof. Tim