I decided to move some discussion from this post up to the top level here. Specifically, Watoosh wrote: "Well, if violence is defined as initiation of force (which, of course, presupposes certain property rights), then I think Rockwell is correct..." Well, if we define cats as elephants, then many people keep elephants in their house. More seriously, firstly, violence is not usually defined that way. It's defined as, you know, violence, so that, say, someone may respond violently or non-violently to someone who aggresses against them. Otherwise, it would make no sense to say, for instance, "He punched me, but I did not stoop to violence in response." And, secondly, the libertarian usage of "initiation of force" is very offbeat. If I wander onto someone's meadow, most people would not say I had "initiated force" -- I mean, sure, I used "force" against the earth to push off walking, but that's not force directed against...
No...the stupidist president we had was William Henry Harrison who at 69 ties RR for the oldest president to be elected. His inaugural address was longer than any up to that time (March 4, 1845)...apparently delivered in a soaking rainstorm that left him dead exactly one month to the day after the inaugural festivities.....just like a politician!
ReplyDeleteZell Miller stood up to the bulliest interviewer on television and thank God for that....Matthews is a democratic stooge and a pathetic cafeteria catholic who belongs in the ash heap of journalim..His days are numbered. And the stupidist US senators are the two birds he named in his speech....you know who they are.....the libs will never be a successful third party because despite all the self-congratulatory ideological purity...you have very little hold on either reality or morality.....and prolly not as much economic expertise as you fellows like to think you have.....
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