----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Fitch" <gcf at panix.com>
> > But leaving that aside, I was referring to Chuck0's antipathy to
> > institutions of any breadth or permanance. He seems to be agin' 'em.
>
> I seized upon your remark because I'm trying to provoke people
> into answering my question as to whether they think coercion,
> that is, holding a gun to someone's head, is necessary for the
> building of airplanes or computers, and if so, why they think
> so and whether and why the airplanes and computers are worth
> it. So far I haven't seen much development of either of these
> propositions. A _reductio_ based on one facet of anarchist
> thought won't do.
==================
Don't you think it's a bit of an analogical stretch to say that the workers at Boeing and Airbus have guns held to their heads?
Ian