[80138] in Cypherpunks
Re: The Inducement of Rapid Oxidation of Certain Materials....
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Allard)
Thu May 15 10:58:10 1997
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 14 May 1997 14:27:58 PDT."
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Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 09:47:18 -0400
From: Tom Allard <m1tca00@FRB.GOV>
Reply-To: Tom Allard <m1tca00@FRB.GOV>
Kent wrote:
> > 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.
So, in other words, you agree with Tim about your definition of Rawanda as
an example of anarchy:
Tim wrote:
> Calling this an "anarchy" is comparable to calling the pogrom by the Third
> Reich against Jews, gypsies, cripples, and others an example of anarchy.
The topic at hand was "Do governments kill more than individuals?".
Bringing Rawanda up as a counter-example to government and calling it an
anarchy is kind of dishonest, don't you think? In the context of THIS
discussion, "anarchy" can only be the first definition, "no government".
Rawanda is not an anarchy in the sense of "no government," it's simply an
anarchy in the sense that the government is in disorder. One faction of
government is fighting for control of government over another.
We can tally up the deaths in Rawanda to those created by government.
rgds-- TA (tallard@frb.gov)
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