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To: thoughtomator
Since when are libertarians committed to non-violence? If rights are what we say they are, they are worth killing and dying to defend.

Those who refuse to support and defend a state have no claim to protection by that state. Killing an anarchist or a pacifist should not be defined as "murder" in a legalistic sense. The offense against the state, if any, should be "Using a deadly weapon inside city limits," or "Creating a traffic hazard," or "Endangering bystanders," or other misdemeanor. However, the state may reasonably place a closed season on these exotic asocial animals whenever they are in danger of becoming extinct.
-- Heinlein

82 posted on 09/30/2003 9:16:34 AM PDT by Liberal Classic (No better friend, no worse enemy.)
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To: Liberal Classic
Ah close to my heart... a Heinlein libertarian!
83 posted on 09/30/2003 9:23:38 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Right Wing Crazy #5338526)
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