From: Vladimir Z. Nuri I was musing over this phrase, "a government rules by consent of the = governed" [.......] does it mean, "majority of the governed?" how exactly is consent = expressed? ........................................................................= ............... . How exactly is consent extractedH^H^H^H^H^H^ requested? . When exactly is consent identified?=20 . How exactly is government applied to the consentees?=20 (caning, jailing, fines, etc.) . How exactly do consentors change methodologies when they suddenly = realize that they, too, can be subject to their own device? . Why should non-consenting citizens live with governing methods which = in fact conflict with the pursuit of those three human virtues: life, = liberty, happiness? Supposedly, government is devised for ruling the "unruly"; a matter for = definition and (dis)agreement which can provide endless hours of = amusement for authoritarians, especially in court. I hear tell that many who are no longer amused are now learning the many = uses of encryption. Thus the list. =20 (end of my comments) .. Blanc