The Inducement of Rapid Oxidation of Certain Materials....

[Kent Crispin]

On Wed, May 14, 1997 at 03:07:43PM -0400, Tom Allard wrote:
> kent at songbird.com said:
> 
> > > The correlation between your definition of anarchy and war is obvious,
> > > if you define anarchy as "A lack of government leading to lawlessness"
> > > you are obviously going to see a correlation between this and
> > > lawlessness!
> >
> > That's not *my* definition, it's *the* definition, as described in a
> > standard, reputable dictionary.  I realize that you have your own private
> > definition of the term, that you share with your friends and an esoteric
> > community.  However, I am not a member of that community, so I use the
> > standard meaning.
> 
> How pedantic.  Webster's New World Dictionary (also reputable, I might add),
> has THIS to say about "Anarchy":
> 
>   anarchy n. [Gr. an- without + archos, leader] 1. the absence of government
>   2. political disorder and violence 3. disorder; confusion
> 
> Note the etymology.  Taken to its roots, the word simply means "no leader".

Note the second definition.

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