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List:       dailydave
Subject:    Re: [Dailydave] ACM
From:       ken_i_m () fatair ! net
Date:       2005-01-12 22:58:06
Message-ID: 20050112225806.GK7465 () hyper
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On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 02:40:32PM -0600, Richard Thieme (rthieme@thiemeworks.com) wrote:
> At 11:57 AM 1/12/2005 -0700, ken_i_m@fatair.net wrote:
> >  Terrorism is the calculated use of violence, or the threat of violence,
> >  to produce goals that are political or ideological in nature.
> 
> just an aside here ...
> 
> the sociologist Weber defined a "state" as that entity which had a
> monopoly on the sanctioned use of violence within its boundaries.
                                             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Your right.  We generally refer to this as repression.
-- 
I reason and act, therefore, ken_i_m
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