Excerpt: ----- The idea that some central "Pragmatic Libertarian Planning Board" could accurately forecast aggregate increases and reductions in the various forms of aggression spawned by particular policy compromises and compare them to reveal which actions would produce "reduced overall net aggression" is pure ... well ... I was going to say "science fiction," but no science fiction author I know would touch the idea with a ten-foot pole. Sapient space-faring beer-drinking anarchist squid are one thing, but there's a limit to the suspension of disbelief.
The commensurable characteristic which unifies libertarianism, however narrowly or broadly defined, is _opposition to_ -- not _redistribution of_ -- aggression. ----- Full article at: http://bostontea.us/node/91 Regards, Tom Knapp 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/
