CDR: Re: Germans to tax PCs for Lars

[David Honig]

At 07:09 PM 9/8/00 +0200, Tom Vogt wrote:
>David Honig wrote:
>> 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.

Then why do people pay?  

Ultimately law is backed by violence.

Having, say, your restaurant license revoked by a bureaucrat in
an agency created by a committe empowered by elected officials does
not change the fact that Folks With Guns will haul you and your property
away if you operate without their permission.  

You "don't go to jail for not paying GEMA" but you do go to jail
for not paying fines for not paying GEMA, not showing up in court, etc.  

Don't pretend.