Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 01:11:05 -0700 From: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@zer0.org> To: Dave Walton <dwalton@acm.org> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: another fortune candidate.. Message-ID: <20020509081105.GJ582@klapaucius.zer0.org> In-Reply-To: <20020508231407.0b76c4fb.dwalton@acm.org> References: <20020508231407.0b76c4fb.dwalton@acm.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 2002-05-08 23:14 -0700, Dave Walton <dwalton@acm.org> wrote: > With this sudden spurt of fortune submissions, I figure I might as well > toss out a quote I recently came across and rather like. It seems quite > relevent to a number of recent legal developments... > > There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the > notion that because a man or a corporation has made a profit out of the > public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged > with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the > face of changing circumstances and contrary public interest. This > strange doctrine is not supported by statute nor common law. Neither > individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask > that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back, for their private > benefit. -- Robert A. Heinlein, "Life-Line", 1939 I like that one; it's interesting and still seems quite relevant. It's got my approval, FWIW, assuming it's formatted a bit better when committed. :) Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter "Software is like sex; it's better mailto:gsutter@zer0.org when it's free." -- Linus Torvalds http://www.zer0.org/~gsutter/ hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net/0x845DFEDD [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: '' iD8DBQE82i8ZIBUx1YRd/t0RAg5jAJ0cK5cADLsdjbZfLPJ5Yiw46Llw3QCeLyq+ UKTFu6AwxAyvsP4iEYpSbHU= =B3kD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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