Subject: Re: Absolute Anarchy=Government
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 17:04:24 -0000



----- Original Message -----
From: "Kristopher K. Barrett" <threejaguar-AT-yahoo.com>
To: "anarchy-list" <anarchy-list-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: Absolute Anarchy=Government


> On 15 Jan 2002 at 1:39, Madeline Bohm wrote:
>
> > At 04:25 PM 1/14/2002 -0800, Kristopher K. Barrett wrote:
> >
> > So would applied anarchy lead to open season for murderers?  I don't
> > think so, but I'm afraid that i can't come up with a satisfactory
> > solution either.
>
> Iain Banks had a good solution to the problem is his "Culture" series SF
novels ... treat him as
> someone who is severely retarded, and in need of continual watching.
>
> Find someone ( in the novels, a sentient robot ) who would volunteer for
the task of following said
> murderer around for the rest of his life, making sure, via the minimum
required amount of force, that the
> murderer cannot ever repeat his act.
>
> Killing him would only be a very last resort to be used when all other
means of preventing him from
> victimizing someone a second time is in danger of failing.

PFFFFFFFFFFT
I bet you couldn't get anyone to volunteer. I couldn't even keep my kids
under that kind of surveillance-i really don't think it's in the slightest
bit practcal or feasable.Ostracisation really works, especially if all the
other communities in the country are given the perpetraters details and past
history.
H
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Kristopher Barrett
>
>
>
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