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To: groanup
The more I learn about libertarians the more I think it is just another way of spelling anarchy.
7 posted on 09/17/2007 3:07:15 PM PDT by svcw (There is no plan B.)
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To: svcw
The more I learn about libertarians the more I think it is just another way of spelling anarchy.

I am with you, although, sure, I have fond feeling for an independent family living a self-sufficient rural life and being free of government restraints.

But that fantasy has very little relevance to modern America.

Most of us live -- and will continue to live -- in urban areas. And, in addition to population density, we are bound together in our lives by specialization and technology. When masses of people live closely together, there must be a mechanism to harmonize the rough edges. Else, I am likely to shoot my neighbor who believes that it is his sacred right to go screaming out of his driveway on his Harley at midnight, etc.

The garden of Eden is gone; the garden of government is with us. Best that we try to manage it.

106 posted on 09/19/2007 2:56:16 PM PDT by SergeiRachmaninov
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