-- 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. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG PhKk4RhYVNaeZPogdcsq1rhljgRx/8xPW3ERa+RZ 4HqTzfVhadbFtw7OnMn+adlAQibN0JlmTgUmw22Wt ----------------------------------------------------- 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