talk.politics.misc

Bama Brian wrote:
> Jeffrey Turner wrote:
>> 431 days till the Shrub is gone wrote:
>>> On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:41:11 -0600, kT wrote:
>>>> Captain Compassion wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Any truely rational individual will reject all theories, philosophies,
>>>>> Political plans or belief systems that limit personal freedom or limit
>>>>> personal options.
>>>>
>>>> Weird. Most rational individuals consider that to be crackpottery.
>>>
>>> Or libertarianism.
>>>
>>> A libertarian society is an oxymoron.
>>
>> Like letting the two-year-olds run the nursery. Gosh, how those tots
>> hate to have their personal freedom limited.
>
>
> Ad Hominems are not useful in debates.

Libertarians have to grow up and realize that just because they want to
do something or can "afford" to do something - within the narrow
boundaries of an economic system that does not deal properly with
externalities - doesn't mean that it is in the best interests of society
or that that society should just let them do it.

431 days was correct to state that a libertarian society is an oxymoron.
Libertarians are all, "me, me, me, now, now, now" just like toddlers.
If no professional sports team competes by letting its players all do
whatever they want, why would anyone believe that that would be a good
strategy for economic competetiveness?

--Jeff

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"Power never concedes anything without a
demand. It never has and it never will."
--Frederick Douglass