I think that what he meant was the formal state part of government being in opposition to freedom and liberty and being responsible for ones self.
BWS ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry L Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, April 13, 2006 12:28 pm Subject: [Libertarian] Re: Immigration > I don't agree with you on this! > > The word 'government' refers to that which 'governs' It can be by > individual consent and/or coerced upon 'violators' > > GOVERNMENT: is that which has the greatest potential > in a given area for enforcing compliance to its aims. > > That can take the form of: > > formal state > local defense co-op > private security company > street gang > community consensus > enterprise board of directors > and so on... > > UNIVERSAL libertarianism includes using govt > (as understood above) to promote and defend > a principle that can be variously stated as: > > Liberty & Justice for ALL > Live & Let Live > Physical Aggression Truce > Reciprocal Comprehensive Physical Autonomy > for Each and every Person > > and so on.... > > > -Terry Liberty Parker > 'Real World' experiment in LIBERTARIAN community became famous > at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LibertyProspects/message/2569 > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Andr� Kenji de Sousa" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 2006/4/13, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > And then you get into the various definitions and catagories > of > government. If someone self governs themselves is that government? > > > > I think that a government with free association is not > government. ; ) > > > > -- > > André > > > > http://www.andrekenji.com.br > > Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/andken/ > > > > > > > > > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > 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/
