On Nov 11, 2011, at 12:42 PM, c b wrote:
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> CB; Fear of being put out of the program could coerce them, which is
> non-physical "force". So they may have been
> under _duress_, which means it's not freely willed.
"may have" does not mean "was." It means it might have, or might not have, been the case. All "plea bargains" in the US system of injustice have been entered under duress and so are not valid. No "may have" about it.
Shane Mage
> This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it
> always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire,
> kindling in measures and going out in measures."
>
> Herakleitos of Ephesos