At 10:28 AM -0500 on 2/14/03, Patrick Chkoreff wrote:
> How would you distinguish the actions of the Royal Navy from those of > ordinary pirates? Just prettier uniforms, better weaponry, and a bitch > back in London with a crown on her head, or what? Sounds about right to me. :-) Seriously, just chalk it up to emergent phenomena, and you're not too far from the truth. Cheers, RAH "A prince is a bandit who doesn't move." -- Mancur Olsen, 'Power and Prosperity' -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "Camels, fleas, and princes exist everywhere." -- Persian proverb