On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, David Honig wrote:
Ultimately law is backed by violence.
And therefore it is bad....yadda, yadda, yadda Bullshit. That is such a general statement as to be worthless. The 'law' stems from the individual right to self-defence. Law is backed by violence because that is what is is about. To then try to portray this as the stem of human abuse of same is simply abusive to the reader. People do not do violence on others simply because laws exists. It is not unreasonable, to any reasonable person that is, to expect a certain percentage of persons in 'the law' to abuse it. Where else is the best place to be after all? As usual, the devil is in the details. It isn't 'the law' that is the problem, but rather how as people we allows it to be abused. Your thesis is self-referential, inconsequential, and still born. ____________________________________________________________________ He is able who thinks he is able. Buddha The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------