Most people seem to think that trampling individual rights is OK if it is
"for the good of society as a whole." However, society is but a large number
of individuals, and how can harming the individual parts better the whole?
-- Andrew Ford, forda@agcs.com
"for the good of society as a whole." However, society is but a large number
of individuals, and how can harming the individual parts better the whole?
-- Andrew Ford, forda@agcs.com
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