On Mon, 23 Jun 2003, Alexx S Kay wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Jun 2003, Alexx S Kay wrote: > > > But not all coups are military in nature (refer for example to Florida in > > > 2000, or Dallas in 1963). It is difficult for me to see how off-handedly referring to the outcome of the 2000 election as a 'coup' can result in anything other than a long and tedious flamewar, accompanied by an inevitable and simultaneous coarsening and lowering of the standards of discourse hereabouts, and must therefore ask you nicely to refrain. gomi