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Subject: Re: Libertarianism Query - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 14-Aug-84 00:08:00 EDT
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/***** ea:net.politics / zinfande!berry /  8:08 pm  Aug  4, 1984 */
Here's a query for all the Libertarian apologists out there (BTW, 
the term 'apologist' is not derogatory...).  

Now I have 'cause for action' against this arsonist right?  I sue him,
the neighbors testify and I win the judgement.

The arsonist says '**** you, I ain't paying".

  --berry
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Berry Kercheval		Zehntel Inc.	(ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry)
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(BTW, I don't think of myself as defending libertarianism, I think of
myself as teaching it Socratically.)

Ah, yes, the "people aren't perfect" problem - the problem that *every*
form of government has. We libertarians know it exists, and that's why we
think there should be a government. You appear to be confusing libertarians
with the anarchists.

Ideally, you should only realize that there is a government if you are
involved in an some such disagreement. In other words, until somebody
thinks you are infringing on their rights, or vice versa, the government
(the people that control the force) doesn't interfere in your life.