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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.

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Ok, I believe I agree with this then, because the threat of violence upon the criminal if he were to become violent would also act as a deterrant to this sort of behavior.

Hmmm, how do you see people with dangerous mental disorders being handled? Would you just have to let the person be until he did some sort of harm or would there be some sort of social mechanism in place to determine that the person was a threat and needed to be placed in some sort of care facility?

[/ QUOTE ] It's a tough question. If people are nice enough to want to spend some resources on helping him, I think it would be ok to talk with the person and try to make him see that it would be in his best interest to agree to submit himself to such a facility. It's very problematic, though. Norms would have to develop concerning how long you could submit yourself. It wouldn't be reasonable that I signed a paper saying you can lock me away for the rest of my life, and then you could do that even if I later changed my mind.

Of course, if he refuses, I think we have to leave him be and not act violently against him as long as he is not acting violently himself.