how would criminal activity be dealt with in a stateless society?

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I feel like this was touched upon in the AS thread, but I'm still not completely clear on it. In a stateless society, say these "sanctions" were imposed on the individual and he/she felt it was necessary to take violent means to get what they want, would it be allowable for a violent response to that individual?

[/ QUOTE ] Yes, responding violently to violence has to be acceptable.