: BTW, we should differentiate generally between state action and private : action. Getting fucked by Microsoft != getting fucked by the government. : This is Libertarianism 101. Of course, I admit today the distinction was : blurry.
Corporations are just parts of the government that got away. I have never understood why some, though far from all, libertarians bother to distinguish them from the other organs of the state.
If I read this the right way I would suppose that you are saying that a corporate agreement to include rating systems in all browsers would be on a par with mandated inclusion pushed through by the government. Not so: The government uses force and violence to make individuals and companies do it`s bidding, if the government did not enforce laws they wouldn`t be wrong, because there would be no act of agression. Assuming a large company such as M$ were to decide any company not including rating systems in their browsers could be fined by M$, then that would be a similar situation to the one currently experienced with the government. Datacomms Technologies data security Paul Bradley, Paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk Paul@crypto.uk.eu.org, Paul@cryptography.uk.eu.org Http://www.cryptography.home.ml.org/ Email for PGP public key, ID: FC76DA85 "Don`t forget to mount a scratch monkey"