We are developing the social individualist meta-context for the future. From the very serious to the extremely frivolous... lets see what is on the mind of the Samizdata people.

Samizdata, derived from Samizdat /n. - a system of clandestine publication of banned literature in the USSR [Russ.,= self-publishing house]

The Dawn of Man

The following is the text of a letter sent to the London Daily Telegraph and published on 5th January 2002

SIR- It is perhaps not surprising to read of the rapid increase in armed crime (report, Jan.3 )

Since the authorities have banned the legal ownership of guns, the market in illegal arms has been stimulated and is no doubt very strong. Also, the treatment meted out by the authorities to people such as Tony Martin and the exhortations of the police to the public to yield passively to armed assault have given criminals the message that the public – unarmed whether it likes it or not – can be expected to be easy targets

It appears that some people (albeit a few) are starting to get it

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