CS> CH> AR>Sure.
CS> CH>   >They deliver for companies like Federal Express, AirBourne, UPS
CS> etc.
CS> CH> They deliver parcels.  By law they do not deliver "mail".  That 
CS> CH> duty (delivering "mail") is reserved for the U.S. Postal Service
CS> which
CS> CH> has a monopoly.  Technically, "overnight letters" by UPS or FED-EX
CS> CH> (who by the way are merging to form FED-UP) are considered parcels. 
CS> CH> Further, those companies cannot deliver to a P.O. Box.
CS> CC> Charles, many documens are delivedred those routes to.  Admit it,
CS> it's
CS> CC> mail.
CS> Grin, Chris, read that again.  Perhaps now you understand why many of us
CS> have  no problem with *private* police as a term.  To us, its all the
CS> same as long as  clearly designated.  Federal Express, UPS etc may not
CS> be *technically* 'mail'  in the same way that *Private* police is a
CS> non-technical term, but its an easy  to understand one.
I don't mind it, I just see it as enforcing different laws.  Security Guards, 
or private police, enforce the law of the establishment in which they are 
guarding.  Public police enforce the society's laws.  I see the difference.  
I'm surprised many others didn't.
Peace.
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