From: greg@ideath.goldenbear.com (Greg Broiles)
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 94 23:22:28 PDT
To: solman@MIT.EDU (Jason W Solinsky)
Subject: Re: Voluntary Governments?
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> > If you fail to obey the government rules men with guns will come
> > and kill you, imprison you, or take away your property at gunpoint.

> Assuming the language we are using is English, this is just plain wrong.

[...]

> > It is not rules and enforcement that make a government a
> > government - every organization, every group of people, have
> > rules and enforcement, usually informal, sometimes formal.

> Well I know my definition of government and I know websters definition of
> government, but this is the first I've heard of defining government by the
> force it weilds. I guess all I have to do is buy a gun if I want to start a
> government.

This "argument by definitions" is idiotic. Different people use words in
different ways. Get used to it. Work around it. State your 'local'
definition clearly and then use it consistently. Let's move on to the
substance of the discussion, ok? 


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