--- In [email protected], Chris Edes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Civility persists because businesses have the police to protect them. > >> Black market operations (such as drug dealers) don't have police > >> protection. Then, they do shoot it out with each other. > >> > >> Chris > >> > >> > > Is it really that simple? > > > > First of all, many black market operations DO have police protection. It's called corruption, and its a key feature of Government. > > > > Second, even if there is no police protection of black market operations, there IS police intervention of the worst kind. > > > > Police ACTION creates black markets, not INACTION. > > > > ---Sasan > >I'm just saying, the reason businesses don't have their own defense >forces...
Many businesses do have their own security forces. Angola requires all multinationals doing business in Angola to provide their own security. Private security frequently does a better job at protecting its clients than the government does. Executive Outcomes did a much better job of protecting the people of Sierra Leone than did the government of Sierra Leone. Tim Starr Fight for Liberty! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fightforliberty/
