I agree with civil disobediance as a matter of revolt, and of course if you have a reason to do so. Not everything the government does is wrong, only because it is done by the government.
There we disagree. I believe the scale of crimes commited by governments as a whole varies from government to government, and from one time to another. However, the natural "evolutionary" process of government always results in a pervasive state which controls more than it should. This is why, although I support the ideals and sentiments behind minarchism, I do not believe it is possible, without systems such as AP, or simply anonymous assasination contracts, to support minarchist government and keep it stable and static. (maybe, even though Jim Bell intended AP to support and maintain anarchy it might lead to more stable minarchist government by providing a means of removing those who go too far in their search for power?). Even then though, I cannot see how a stable minarchist state can be created which we can be assured will remain static in it`s powers, and the very notion of a state which has certain powers at its disposal, even if it does not use them, does not leave me with a good feeling. 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"