CDR: Re: Germans to tax PCs for Lars

[Tom Vogt]

David Honig wrote:
> >> So if you don't pay GEMA who *are* those folks with the guns?
> >
> >GEMA will most likely sue you. but since GEMA isn't the government,
> >that's a civil case.
> 
> The "right" of GEMA to sue is enforced by folks claiming to be from
> your "State" who carry guns, no?
> 
> A level of indirection doesn't change anything.

on the ideological level, no.
on the practical level - a lot. for example, you don't go to jail for
not paying GEMA.