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From: ark@alice.UUCP (Andrew Koenig)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Why private police forces won't work.
Message-ID: <3160@alice.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 12-Dec-84 11:24:55 EST
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Posted: Wed Dec 12 11:24:55 1984
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Suppose I owe you $1,000 and refuse to pay.  You decide to use
force to collect your debt, so you send your police to my house to
force me to pay up.  They are met by a squad of MY police who
say that they do not recognize the legitimacy of your claim.

Result: gang warfare.