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   From: hex@unseen.ac.am   
      
   "GB"  wrote in message news:ob2ps8$goa   
   1@dont-email.me...   
   > On 24/03/2017 09:04, Norman Wells wrote:   
   >   
   >>>> They clearly can't arrest and intern everyone who expresses enthusiasm   
   >>>> for fundamentalist Islam - or for Communism, or for the IRA, etc.   
   >>>   
   >>> Then we'll have to vote for people who will.   
   >>   
   >> You'd agree with a 70% basic rate of income tax then?   
   >   
   > There I was thinking "Would I want to live in a police state where they'll   
   arrest   
   > you just for thinking in the wrong way?"   
   >   
   > And you come up with the highly practical point that it costs a fortune to   
   run a   
   > police state. So, full marks for practicality, Norman, but "nul points" for   
   > thinking of higher matters!   
      
   I didn't think it was my responsibility.  I can do philosophy if you want, but   
   it   
   works out quite a bit more expensive.   
      
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