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To: Jack Hydrazine; All

I think this case is an example of when libertarianism meets reality. Which is why I tend not to be libertarian in practice, only in theory. (at least in some ways)

To answer your question directly, “Yes, anytime a police officer gives you an order, you obey”. Why? Because of what happened here. As we all know, many are on a power trip, and thus feel personally threatened if their orders are not obeyed. So, one can be either a good little libertarian and “fight the power that be”, in the process most likely getting your @$$ kicked, or, one can be “wise as a serpent yet gentle as a dove” and get justice where it really will only matter: in the courts.

Either that, or we are talking about advocating anarchy (as well as getting one’s @$$ kicked).


85 posted on 09/18/2011 8:57:02 AM PDT by FourtySeven (47)
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To: FourtySeven

So if you resist the tyrant you are a anarchist and a criminal. If you do as the tyrant says you are a slave.

I am all for the citizen being respectful toward police officers but when they act like thugs with badges then the citizen should be ready to stand up against such tyrannical thuggery and give their risk and give their lives in order to stop such. The citizenry being armed with the knowledge of the law and with firearms make for a government that stays respectful of the citizenry and keeps this kind of thing to an absolute minimum. Bullies tend not to bully those whom they know will stand up to them.


136 posted on 09/18/2011 2:48:10 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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