At 11:33 AM 10/14/00 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:

This is perhaps the fundamental question to human problems.

Do you mean "Is threatening people with violence to get them to obey you a morally acceptable form of behavior" is the question, or do you mean "Does threatening people with violence successfully get what you want often enough that it's worth the risk of having them fight back, or do the peasants usually do a lousy job if you keep whipping them so it's not worth the bother"? Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639