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Re: The Inducement of Rapid Oxidation of Certain Materials....
On Wed, May 14, 1997 at 03:07:43PM -0400, Tom Allard wrote:
> [email protected] said:
>
> > > The correlation between your definition of anarchy and war is obvious,
> > > if you define anarchy as "A lack of government leading to lawlessness"
> > > you are obviously going to see a correlation between this and
> > > lawlessness!
> >
> > That's not *my* definition, it's *the* definition, as described in a
> > standard, reputable dictionary. I realize that you have your own private
> > definition of the term, that you share with your friends and an esoteric
> > community. However, I am not a member of that community, so I use the
> > standard meaning.
>
> How pedantic. Webster's New World Dictionary (also reputable, I might add),
> has THIS to say about "Anarchy":
>
> anarchy n. [Gr. an- without + archos, leader] 1. the absence of government
> 2. political disorder and violence 3. disorder; confusion
>
> Note the etymology. Taken to its roots, the word simply means "no leader".
Note the second definition.
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