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To: HumanaeVitae
How do you establish a libertarian society when people can't agree on what "liberty" entails?

Well?

The initiation of force constitutes a violation of liberty.

247 posted on 08/12/2002 4:34:29 PM PDT by laredo44
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To: laredo44
"The initiation of force constitutes a violation of liberty."

Another example: let's say the smallpox virus breaks out in your neighborhood. In a "libertarian" society, according to most libertarians, no one could quarantine you or force you to take a vaccine. But if we wanted to stop the spread of the virus, we'd have to initiate force against you to get you to comply if you were unwilling.

256 posted on 08/12/2002 4:46:32 PM PDT by HumanaeVitae
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