Herman Rubin
6/12/2014 11:13:00 PM
On 2014-06-12, Yisroel Markov <ey.markov@MUNGiname.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jun 2014 17:36:26 +0000 (UTC), kamlet@panix.com (Arthur
> Kamlet) said:
>>In article <h0ajp9deue5u7do2e49ft82g46qdmv1o4o@4ax.com>,
>>Yisroel Markov <ey.markov@MUNGhotmail.com> wrote:
>>>A couple of years ago I had a similar debate with another person
>>>(Steve Goldfarb). He, too, held that a legal system can only be called
>>>such if it has guns behind it. Well, we disagree on that - I believe
>>>in voluntary legal systems.
>>Yet we are commanded: Shoftim v'shotrim titan lach
> Yes. What's your point? We had them, now we don't.
>>"Judges and enforcement officers you shall appoint..."
>>Compare shotrim [enforcement officers] with mishtarim [police]
> Why?
Aren't they essentially slightly different developments from
the same Hebrew root?
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