[lbo-talk] rednecks disappearing!

[WD]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 10:12 PM, Peter Ward <nevadabob at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
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>  But there is also a healthy mistrust of the government there, which I think is good in principle, even if it leads, undeniably, to some silly actions such as the Jarbidge Shovel Brigade.

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I have it on good authority that no jury in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
has ever, ever, under any circumstances -- no matter how open-and-shut
a case the government has put on -- convicted _anyone_ of tax evasion.

 Most (and probably all) of this arises out of the wrong kind of
anti-government sentiment -- the kind that's mistrustful of, e.g.,
Social Security and the US Postal Service rather than the military.
Nevertheless, I really like the idea that there are certain areas
where people simply refuse to collaborate with the state.  The impulse
is healthy even if the reasoning used to justify it is odious.

-WD