On Wed, May 14, 1997 at 03:07:43PM -0400, Tom Allard wrote:
kent@songbird.com said:
The correlation between your definition of anarchy and war is obvious, if you define anarchy as "A lack of government leading to lawlessness" you are obviously going to see a correlation between this and lawlessness!
That's not *my* definition, it's *the* definition, as described in a standard, reputable dictionary. I realize that you have your own private definition of the term, that you share with your friends and an esoteric community. However, I am not a member of that community, so I use the standard meaning.
How pedantic. Webster's New World Dictionary (also reputable, I might add), has THIS to say about "Anarchy":
anarchy n. [Gr. an- without + archos, leader] 1. the absence of government 2. political disorder and violence 3. disorder; confusion
Note the etymology. Taken to its roots, the word simply means "no leader".
Note the second definition. -- Kent Crispin "No reason to get excited", kent@songbird.com the thief he kindly spoke... PGP fingerprint: B1 8B 72 ED 55 21 5E 44 61 F4 58 0F 72 10 65 55 http://songbird.com/kent/pgp_key.html