
17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
It's only authoritarianism if the government is involved. Clearly, the government isn't involved in this matter.
Until now, I'd considered the list as a model of a libertarian society, with the listowner as the government. My point is that if a mailing list (where physical force is generally not a factor) can't be run without arbitrary sanctions against members, how could anyone ever hope for a whole society, with a real, gun-toting government, to run that way? Will French <wfrench@interport.net>