> > "Wade T.Smith" <wade_smith@harvard.edu> writes
> > >an-ar-chy n.
> > >1. Absence of any form of political authority.
> > >2. Political disorder and confusion.
> > >3. Absence of any cohesive principle, such as a common standard or
> > >purpose.
> > >Noun: A lack of civil order or peace. disorder, lawlessness, misrule.
> >
> > Thanks for that Wade. Of the three definitions, #1 most accurately
> > describes the concept I am trying to portray.
>
> I'd go with that. We seem to be moving closer to an agreed definition.
> All I've been driving at is that it cannot last long without degenerating
> into some form of society.
>
> > That seems to exclude 2
You can pick and choose definitions to fit your personal defintion of
reality all you want, but in the end, you must show that it fits the
actual reality of it. Show me a period in history where there was
anarchy and it excluded definition #2 above.