At 9:20 PM -0600 on 10/18/00, Anonymous wrote: > Crypto-anarchy is in fact not really anarchy, since it only addresses > some kinds of authority, ie government, and only in certain situations. > True anarchy involves the dissolution of other hierarchical relationships, > including those that spring from private property. Get rid of private > property and many of these problems disappear. Actually, in "cypherspace" you can private property without law. If it's encrypted and I have the key, it's my property. No, Virginia, property is not theft. :-). Cheers, RAH -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'