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Date:      Mon, 28 Jul 1997 16:57:46 -0600 (MDT)
From:      Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
To:        "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
Cc:        Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk>, chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FTC regulating use of registrations 
Message-ID:  <199707282257.QAA08380@rocky.mt.sri.com>
In-Reply-To: <4928.870128238@time.cdrom.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.970728131149.7150D-100000@dylan.visint.co.uk> <4928.870128238@time.cdrom.com>

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> balanced on a knife-edge.  How long, for example, do you think your
> rosy civilization in the UK would last if electric power generation
> abilities were lost and fresh water stopped flowing into your citadels
> of civilization, and do you know how fragile that infrastructure truly
> is? :)

How does that quote go:

"Civilization is 3 meals away from total anarchy."

Ie; if the general population felt it there weren't enough food to keep
it happy for another 3 meals, all semblances of 'civilization' would
soon go out the door.




Nate



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