Pesky Boy,
The weakness in your argument lies in; Without government who administers the State? Every man for himself is an anarchist philosophy, and the infrastructure falls down. Every organisation needs an administrator, it is better to have one elected by the people rather than a dictator one who rises above the masses by will.

I suggest you now travel the world and find the best country in which to live.

Ha ha, ConHippie and Josephus fell for my trap ... hook, line and sinker. What is my "trap"? I'll tell ya after a few more days, it will be interesting to see who else falls for it; the usual suspects I guess. Funny. Ha ha.

Pesky,

Whilst we're baiting traps; which one is in the subordinate when officers of equal rank salute each other?

Even more intriguing, what about when privates salute each other?

I remember being at Haramura Battle School (mixed Commonwealth Forces) in Japan and just about everyone saluted the Commander of the Japanese Camp Guards; they weren't there to keep us in but to keep civilian Japanese out.
Nothing obligatory about giving the salute the blokes just chose to do so.

Is Mise, first question = neither, second question = neither.

Oh Pesky you are so clever, but who is going to fall for your trap now that you've telegraphed it to everyone?

But, Pesky, I thought that you contended that the military salute was a sign of subjugation?
Aren't you going to tell me that privates and other non-commissioned ranks aren't allowed to salute each other?