Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site uiucdcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!renner From: renner@uiucdcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Why private police forces won't work Message-ID: <29200175@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 03:24:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.29200175 Posted: Fri Dec 14 03:24:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 15-Dec-84 02:24:08 EST References: <3160@alice.UUCP> Lines: 18 Nf-ID: #R:alice:-316000:uiucdcs:29200175:000:723 Nf-From: uiucdcs!renner Dec 14 02:24:00 1984 > 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. Not likely. Protection agencies are in business to make money. Fighting each other is not a good way to make money. It would be more profitable if the agencies submitted the dispute to an arbitration agency. Your contract would specify that your agency will not protect you from the other guy (in this particular matter) should you lose the arbitration. Market forces win again! Scott Renner {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!renner