Date: Tue, 23 Aug 94 18:15:12 GMT From: jdd@aiki.demon.co.uk (Jim Dixon) I grew up in a small town of 5,000. It had a city government. The county government was in the same town. No one denies that California has a government, I think. And then there was the US government. And we had city police, the sheriff's office, the Highway Patrol, and the FBI paid an occasional visit. So drop the word 'exclusive'. The government still excludes non-governmental authorities from using violence. In our high school we had a student government. We had no prisons and no guns. Then you were a club. Or, you were a government whose rules were enforced by other governments. area, and that control need not be effected with guns. -russ <nelson@crynwr.com> http://www.crynwr.com/crynwr/nelson.html Crynwr Software | Crynwr Software sells packet driver support | ask4 PGP key 11 Grant St. | +1 315 268 1925 (9201 FAX) | What is thee doing about it? Potsdam, NY 13676 | LPF member - ask me about the harm software patents do.