On 10/19/05, Jason Lang <jasonlang2...@yahoo.com> wrote:

The actual services that will be offered must be defined by the services, in
interaction with their customers. Neither me, nor you, nor any bureacrat
should prescribe what such services should exactly be. Your demand to
specify what services should be offered and what their contractual details
should be indicates that you have not understood what I propose.
 As discussed, I propose a split-up, which will lead to differentiation,
rather than one standard service that was provided to everyone universally.
I propose such a split-up not merely for the military, but also for police
forces. I advocate anti-trust and cartel legislation to be extended to the
pieces that result from the split-up of the military, to avoid collusion
between these pieces. Similarly, I advocate that collusion be avoided
between the pieces that result from split-up of the police. I do foresee
co-operation (perhaps mergers) between one piece of the military with one
piece of the police as well as with many other organizations currently
active in security services. In the big picture, competition should be
encouraged both locally and (inter-)nationally. The availability of a number
of different organizations from which customers can choose will lead to
better quality services, lower prices, more innovation and efficiency, etc.
It's also more in line with our rights.
 Additionally, when choice is applied to schools, that will in itself lead
to better security. As parents get more choice as to the school they want
their children to attend, schools will have to provide better secuirty for
the children. If a school doesn't act on, say, a bullying problem, children
will leave and go to a school that better tackles bullying.
 Sam