"Mike Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> The quote about the mafia doesn't compare MS's actions to "actual use > of force". I'm sorry, that's just absurd. I won't speculate on what motivates you to engage in such crazy distortion. Of course the quote about the Mafia compares MS's actions to actual use of force. > It compares MS to people who are willing to use force to > get their ends. But there is no "actual use of force." This is a gross distortion. What makes the Mafia the Mafia, and the only reason to invoke them, is because they actually do use and threaten force. They're not just willing to use force, they directly threaten it and use it to get their ends, and it's the only thing they do. The type of threatening force that the Mafia uses it the type that is itself force. When you say to someone "give me all your money or I'll shoot you", it's force whether or not you actually have to shoot them. DS -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list