Sparta was a military dominated society that valued brute strength and power over individual self-sovereignty. It is not a valid example of a libertarian society and irrelevant to the discussion at hand.
___ James Landrith cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 Yahoo!: jlandrith * MSN: jlandrith http://multiracial.com http://jameslandrith.com http://jameslandrith.com/wordpress/ ...... Original Message ....... On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 22:28:55 -0700 "Anna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >It is and should be relevant. Spartans left the old and infirm to tend for themselves considering all defective people to be the parasites. Eventually, they would eliminate them by throwing off the rocks into the ocean. It was an equal opportunity, free market state. I think that when planning a political future, one needs to understand and draw lessons from history. > >Anna ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> AIDS in India: A "lurking bomb." Click and help stop AIDS now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpTY2A/lzNLAA/yQLSAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
