[tpaine]

unless you wish to engage in reasoned discourse,

What's 'reasoned' about your discourse insisting that our governments have a "power to prohibit"?
-- Or that libertarians must support limiting the liberties of fellow citizens to engage in destructive behavior?

You claimed earlier to be a "practical libertarian". -- Whereas everything you advocate is straight from the communitarian, 'majority rules' playbook.

Feel free to continue posting their rhetoric, -- as I will feel free to point out the flaws in your anti-constitutional position.

[Lucky Dog]

What's 'reasoned' about your discourse insisting that our governments have a "power to prohibit"?

Ok, we’ll try this one more time.

US Constitution, Article IV

Section 1. Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.

This section of the Constitution “prohibits” states from denying recognition of the judicial proceedings of other states. Congress is charged with prescribing “the manner” of ensuring enforcement and the executive under a different section is charged with enforcement. Does this example sufficiently satisfy you that government has the “power to prohibit?”

-- Or that libertarians must support limiting the liberties of fellow citizens to engage in destructive behavior?

The liberty to engage in treason is certainly a societally destructive behavior. Would you not agree?

US Constitution, Article III

Section 3. Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.

The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.

Do you contend that libertarians should not support limiting the destructive behavior of treason when engaged in by fellow citizens?

Whereas everything you advocate is straight from the communitarian, 'majority rules' playbook.

Sorry, I have never heard of a communitarian play book. Perhaps, you could be specific as to the location of this reference.