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In a purely Libertarian society what is to prevent atrocities like public beastality? Or drug dealing? (Provided the individual in question owns both the land and the drugs or the animal) Basically, that was the question..

As for drug dealing, if the individual was selling to a consenting adult, then there's nothing the community can or should do. The buyer and the seller are adults, and are thus free to make any choices they wish, provided those choices don't violate the rights of another.

If the drug sales were to a child, that is another matter. Children do not have the intellectual or emotional faculties necessary to comprehend the consequences of drug use, and therefore a child may not consent to their purchase and use. Hence an adult selling drugs to a child is doing so in the absence of consent which could only have been offered by the child's rights custodian (usually the parent). Such a drug sale may be morally restricted, regardless of where it took place.

Now in the instance of beastility, provided the beastial behavior was not in public view, then the answer to that problem in a free society would be intense and overwhelming economic and social pressure, on the part of the offended community.

In short, such a person should be shunned. This is usually enough to curtail such behavior.

If the beastial sexual behavior (or any sexual behavior) were intentionally displayed to the public who could not reasonably traverse without encountering it, then I think an argument could be made that psychological duress was inflicted upon those who had to witness such actions, and a civil remedy was in order.

I fail to see where this breaches your "No force, no fraud" rule.

It would seem to fall under the "property right's" category.

I mean, after all.. who is "Government" to define what's moral and what's not? Who are they to tell you what you can and cannot do on your own property?

In short, such a person should be shunned. This is usually enough to curtail such behavior.

I keep looking on LP.org for that fabled "Shun List" but it's never there. Mrs. John Q. Public wants to know where it is, too, so that she can go shopping in peace. "Heavens! Your nametag says 'Mike'? I think there's a bestialphile on my Shun List with the same first name. Is that you? No? Well, maybe I don't trust your answer, and will refrain from buying my crack cocaine in your store from now on, and I'll be sure to complain to the LP.org over your lying to me, too!"

In short, such a person should be shunned. This is usually enough to curtail such behavior.

I keep looking on LP.org for that fabled "Shun List" but it's never there. Mrs. John Q. Public wants to know where it is, too, so that she can go shopping in peace. "Heavens! Your nametag says 'Mike'? I think there's a bestialphile on my Shun List with the same first name. Is that you? No? Well, maybe I don't trust your answer, and will refrain from buying my crack cocaine in your store from now on, and I'll be sure to complain to the LP.org over your lying to me, too!"

In short, such a person should be shunned. This is usually enough to curtail such behavior.

I keep looking on LP.org for that fabled "Shun List" but it's never there. Mrs. John Q. Public wants to know where it is, too, so that she can go shopping in peace. "Heavens! Your nametag says 'Mike'? I think there's a bestialphile on my Shun List with the same first name. Is that you? No? Well, maybe I don't trust your answer, and will refrain from buying my crack cocaine in your store from now on, and I'll be sure to complain to the LP.org over your lying to me, too!"