Subject: Re: Quibble : "advocate" Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 23:06:15 -0800 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 13:20:11 -0700, L. Neil Smith wrote: >=A0>=A0you don't mention Fraud , which I consider the moral= equivalent of >=A0>=A0force > >=A0=A0=A0=A0Many people do -- and they are wrong. I could just as easily= say =A0 that I >regard broccoli or yellow squash to be the equivalent of force,= but it >wouldn't make any more sense to do that than to arbitrarily= declare it >of something else you don't like. /\ What irrelevant crap is that . /\ > Fraud isn't nice, but it's a pecadillo It's a CRIME . It is something one citizen takes another to= court for . It is something The People send people to prison for . As is right . > that can be taken care of easily through the working of the= market. The market also corrects other uses of force in various ways and= at all scales . This does not distinguish the two . >=A0=A0=A0=A0It is not the equivalent, moral or otherwise, of force. So neither is Theft in your definition of Force ? Do you= argue that Fraud is not a category of Theft ? >=A0=A0=A0=A0As to the _advocacy_ of force, I never said it's prohibited= by the >Non-Aggression Principle (which you imply here that I have). As I said , a quibble with the wording . I knew what you meant .= Thanks for replying . Bob A -- =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 http://CoSy.com/K/CoSy.htm : A World Ultimate http://CoSy.com/Homes : Building Affordable Homes in NYC =A0 =A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02002/03/27 10:45:43 PM