Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Anarchy (Re: Fool) Message-ID: Date: 21 Nov 90 22:01:04 GMT References: <18667@rpp386.cactus.org> <1990Nov2.191240.4568@lavaca.uh.edu> <1990Nov21.031701.18701@com50.c2s.mn.org> Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 15 In article <1990Nov21.031701.18701@com50.c2s.mn.org>, craig@com50.c2s.mn.org (Craig Wilson) writes: > >The fortunate thing about what authority there is, is that it was > >mutually agreed to & debated/fought-over in public & was (in all > >ways) a Community Decision. Those who were interested enough > >partook, those who weren't have to live with the results. Actually, they didn't. They can do whatever they want in their own sys files. > This sounds suspiciously like some democracies I know. Nope, because there are no sanctions that can be imposed against those who disobey the rules so long as they injure no-one else. "An it harm no one, do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law" -- Aleister Crowley. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` peter@ferranti.com