From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 07:03:35 +0800
To: Steve Mynott <cypherpunks@cyberpass.net>
Subject: Re: GPL & commercial software, the critical distinction (fwd)
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On Thu, Oct 08, 1998 at 04:14:32PM -0700, Matthew James
Gering wrote:
> >  The Mafia has had two primary characteristics:  a) the
> > use of force

At 10:24 AM 10/9/98 +0100, Steve Mynott wrote:
> wouldn't this characteristic define the mafia as a "state"
> to some degree?

A state is merely a mafia that has succeeded in crushing its
competitors by force.

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We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because 
of the kind of animals that we are. True law derives from this 
right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state.


http://www.jim.com/jamesd/      James A. Donald