Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site alice.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!alice!ark 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 Article-I.D.: alice.3160 Posted: Wed Dec 12 11:24:55 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 13-Dec-84 02:28:04 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 6 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.