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governments around the world seem to have this attitude in fact it seems they getting more brazen about it as time marches on.

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[+1] - Intrepid - 10/28/2009Funny...I thought governments existed to serve the people.
[+1] - mm25075 - 10/28/2009Heh...can't help myself from thinking about a movie... "To Serve Man" ... a cookbook.
[+1] - Merry Andrew - 10/28/2009It wasn't a movie, it was an episode on Rod Serling's [i]Twilight Zone.[/I] And it was called "To Serve Mankind." And it was adapted from an S.f. short story by Damon Knight. Serling...
[+1] - mm25075 - 10/28/2009[quote="Merry Andrew"] It wasn't a movie, it was an episode on Rod Serling's [i]Twilight Zone.[/I] And it was called "To Serve Mankind." And it was adapted from an S.f. short...
[+1] - kuvasz - 10/28/2009The idea has been around for millennia in the West. The Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle argued that: [quote]"We must not regard a citizen as belonging just to himself: we must...

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Funny...I thought governments existed to serve the people.

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Heh...can't help myself from thinking about a movie...

"To Serve Man" ... a cookbook.

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@mm25075,

It wasn't a movie, it was an episode on Rod Serling's Twilight Zone. And it was called "To Serve Mankind." And it was adapted from an S.f. short story by Damon Knight. Serling always gets the credit, but it was Knight's story.

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@Merry Andrew,

Merry Andrew wrote:

It wasn't a movie, it was an episode on Rod Serling's Twilight Zone. And it was called "To Serve Mankind." And it was adapted from an S.f. short story by Damon Knight. Serling always gets the credit, but it was Knight's story.

Ah yes, it has been a long while since I've seen it. Thanks for the clarification.

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@blackdiamond47,

The idea has been around for millennia in the West.

The Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle argued that:

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"We must not regard a citizen as belonging just to himself: we must rather regard every citizen belonging to the state."

Plato, Laws 923A

http://books.google.com/books?id=4JOoV_IFlOcC&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=We+must+rather+regard+every+citizen+belonging+to+the+state.&source=bl&ots=UlOyo8W3qK&sig=Vu72IU2jKgG3Ehal4qiSs3UE71Y&hl=en&ei=7h7pSoyaPJTl8QaPu9GTDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CBgQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=We%20must%20rather%20regard%20every%20citizen%20belonging%20to%20the%20state.&f=false

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