17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
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
wouldn't this characteristic define the mafia as a "state" to some degree? -- 1024/D9C69DF9 steve mynott steve@tightrope.demon.co.uk http://www.pineal.com/ the capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animals. some of their most esteemed inventions have no other apparent purpose, for example, the dinner party of more than two, the epic poem, and the science of metaphysics. -- h. l.