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...
"Davey and Goliath hentai"?
ReplyDeleteLooks like Google is getting less popular; if I run the search now, it's just 2,670,000,000 hits.
ReplyDeleteKevin, your string doesn't come close - and I really have a tough time foguring out what you're referring to.
"yahoo.com" gets 1,810,000,000 hits.
ReplyDelete"google" gets 2,730,000,000 .
ReplyDeleteNow 2,750,000,000 . People must be typing fast.
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