Daniel Carrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:4395B978.50606 @zmsl.com:
> Not all organized crime is violent. Anti-trust violations /are/ a crime > and they are also "organized". I think you're blurring an essential distinction. Organised crime does not mean crime committed by organisations. It means crime committed by organisation whose core businesses are illegal -- drugs, prostitution, extortion, gambling -- where they operate. This matters because such an organiastion can't appeal to the state in disputes with customers or anyone else. It can only use violence or the threat of violence to settle disputes. That gives it an entirely different favour to the mafia. Microsoft is an entirely legitimate business which has done some illegal things. Comparig it to the mafia is just silly. -- Andrew Brown The email in the header does not work. Contact details and possibly useful macros from http://www.darwinwars.com/lunatic/bugs/oo_macros.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
