That was on purpose. No force should be used for "credible threats", only for response to actual attacks. To do otherwise is not defense and is not libertarian.
--- In [email protected], <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > A better pledge would be... > > > > I ______________ fully support the non-aggression principle and never > > advocate using force for any reason other than my own defense. I do > > not military interventionism or advocate using the military for any > > reason other than to defend my own country against actual attacks that > > have taken place already or are in the process of taking place. > > > > I certify that I do not believe in or advocate the initiation of force > > as a means of achieving political or social goals and understand > > if my actions or words openly support the use of force for political > > gain or social engineering, my membership can be revoked. > > This is no good. It completely leaves out the use of force in the event that a credible threat of initiation exists. > > BWS > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Home is just a click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/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/
