Lawry deBivort wrote: > So, to come back to the initial question: when it comes to protecting one's > 'self' though harming others, what unit of geographic area makes such > protection, at any cost, presumably, legitimate?
Traditionally, that unit has been the nation-state, and as long as this is the largest forum of democratic self-determination, it probably stays that way. The problems arise when control of nations slips out of the commons and into the hands of a particular group. All the wrongs that were mentioned in this thread, are the result of such a situation. Splitting hairs about group boundaries/definitions is a rather red herring. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
