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To: Barak
But that view is only possible in that context.

And would not the opposing view only be possible in the Libertarian context? I think the question is better asked, why is one person's context better than another's and what gives the Libertarians the right to decide?
159 posted on 02/01/2002 11:35:36 AM PST by Exnihilo
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To: Exnihilo
And would not the opposing view only be possible in the Libertarian context?

Of course not! It is possible, even unavoidable, in any context that accepts the concept of individual property rights. You accept that concept, don't you? Then you can't sanely argue that libertarians are trying to force their views on anyone.

I think the question is better asked, why is one person's context better than another's and what gives the Libertarians the right to decide?

I gave you the benefit of the doubt, because I'm a nice libertarian boy and that's the kind of people we are. But the more I see you write, the more I agree with the folks on this list who think you haven't actually read the piece for yourself: you don't like libertarians, so you found a long anti-libertarian article and posted it, and now you're (as OWK said) backpedaling furiously trying not to lose your credibility.

In an argument between libertarians and conservatives, the pro-property-rights context is better than the anti-property-rights context because it's one that libertarians and conservatives share, not one that is foreign to them. With all due respect, this ought to be obvious to anyone with the intelligence God gave a grape.

It'd probably be best at this point to cut your losses and withdraw. You're only going to look sillier and sillier if you don't.

220 posted on 02/01/2002 12:00:55 PM PST by Barak
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