Re: virus: Re: Virus: Sociological Change

zaimoni@ksu.edu
Sun, 12 Jan 1997 22:35:19 -0600 (CST)


On Mon, 23 Dec 1996 jonesr@gatwick.geco-prakla.slb.com wrote:

> zaimoni@ksu.edu wrote:
>
> > An anarchic-type government [in the sense I abstracted from Traynor, not
> > Drakir] with a lack of weapons-control conventions could be very
> > costly to invade.
>
> I disagree. IF there are groups of people across a geographical area, with
> no inter-organisation, then in the event of an attack by an outside,
> more organised force, they will not be able to defend themselves ("Together
> we stand, divided we fall" idea)

An anarchic-type government automatically defines an inter-organization.

The key feature I'm focusing on is the inability of an outside agency to
totally disrupt the government by striking at a key point. This does NOT
apply to any conventional government today!

I have two examples of "key points" in the U.S. infrastructure in mind.

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