I would question the right to conduct business with a known criminal enterprise. Do rights to private property and free trade include contractual agreements involving initiated aggression? No. Of course the agreement is consensual, but the aggression is not. If there is no right to initiate aggression, I would assume there is no right to collude with aggressors. Maybe you wish to argue that the US military does not initiate (is not currently initiating) aggression?
---------------------------- What about the landlord's rights? _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ma ni Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Libertarian] Non-libertarian act of Berkeley City Council You seem to be equating the "rights" of govt with the rights of private entities. The govt has no real rights. They only have "powers". And since they are powers which we (the people) granted, WE have the right to take them away. I would say that refusing to rent to them would fall under that right; and in this particular case, the smaller city govt would be more representative of the people - and the larger federal govt, less representative. --------------------------- They have rights as tenants to negotiate a rental contract with the landlord. Just like any other tenant-landlord arrangement. It's not a role of government (Berserkley here) to interfere in that contract of mutual consent. Where do you see a lack of rights? Would you deny the property owner the right to rent?
