http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi/purity.cgi This comes from the website: libertarian purity test by Bryan Caplan This is the Libertarian Purity Test, which is...
Hello, I'm a voting libertarian from Orange Park, FL and I have just started an online forum where people can join up and discuss things ranging for everyday...
http://www.strike-the-root.com/4/gregory/gregory26.html The article is pretty concise no summary needed read on.... The State: A Reductio ad Absurdum by...
... This is a broad generalization that hides many issues, and is not universally valid. For instance, "a monopoly on the use of legal force" is loaded. A...
No, actually Mr. Alexander most of the people in here would disagree with you. By definition, government is force, therefore it is invalid so you have already...
... Did you gain this insight with a poll? Or is it just an assumption? Why don't you let them speak for themselves? ... By definition "government is...
No, actually Mr. Alexander those people get more hits and more people to read their things everyday so they clearly have considered things very well. And by...
As a Rothbardian anarchist, I disagree with Kevin on this topic (as indeed on many other topics), but he's done nothing to merit this sort of abusive ...
Professor Long, since I value you your opinion I will have to tell you I love reading your columns and you helped inspire me to be so passionate. I have heard...
... Let's ask why I might be slandered unjustifiably (slander is the 'net equivalent to personal injury). We all know that the Libertarian Party is primarily...
Certainly Kevin tends to be rude and closed-minded, and to engage in uncharitable interpretation of positions and motives, as well as ad hominem attack. He's...
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Phil Jacobson
wooly@...
Dec 10, 2004 3:22 pm
... Free markets have existed which were not backed by force. The system of the Law Merchant, used in Europe from the late Middle Ages until the rise of the...
... Kevin, you have such a long history of concocting wildly uncharitable hypotheses about people's motives that any explanation you come up with for why you...
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Dec 10, 2004 4:00 pm
Maybe not a really pure example of free market enforcement mechanism, but this morning I chose 25 nice Italian stonecarving chisels I wanted my girlfriend...
... Services like PayPal are also a great way to solve this problem. Instead of having to trust some unknown person or business, you just trust one well-known...
... The courts were generally estblished by the nobelman in power in the region. The jurisdiction of the courts was established generally by force--look into ...
... Let me try one more time: Market anarchists DO NOT ADVOCATE THE ABSENCE OF A LEGAL FRAMEWORK. *You* may believe that anarchy is incompatible with a legal...
... I have read his comments regarding anarchic society as an ideal. If you think otherwise, you should ask him. ... Answer one question: who decides what...
... From your referenced site, you say: "Market Anarchists are not committed to renouncing coercive sanctions against dissenters". Do you remember when the US...
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wooly@...
Dec 12, 2004 6:10 am
... Sure. References would be good. But there was no imperial government across Northern Europe. That individual nobles may have involved themselves could be...
Right now, as usual, I'm too busy to really organize secession http://secession.net since I'm active locally and on the web opposing Bush's NEXT war so it...
... My favorite book is a law book, called "The English Legal System" by Radcliffe and Cross. The better part of the book addresses the origins of law in...
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 16:57:41 +0000, Kevin Alexander ... Not correct. One way of putting it might be that anarchists are opposed to the rule of one person or...
... What are you saying, then, that anarchist are for self-government? I think by saying that anarchists are not opposed to self-government, you are trying to...
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 18:19:54 +0000, Kevin Alexander ... Well, yes. Of course many people use the word anarchy in different ways, but most of what we would call...
... Well, you're incorrect here. Of course you can change the language as you choose, but if you just look the word up first, in the dictionary, such as ...
On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 19:56:03 +0000, Kevin Alexander ... [snip round of 'dictionary game'] ... What you've said makes no sense. You said that a person...
... You completely fabricate a definition to cover your ass, pretending to "rational argument". Now it's "dictionary game"! What a weasle. ... As I thought....
