No Ayn Rand was prophetic. She was the first to identify, explicitly, that granting ANY portion of a statists premise results in a backdoor for the statist to walk thru. However, I credit El Neil with possibly the best exposition of why the moral high ground should be staked out in the extreme as a fight strategy. But Rand was antecedent to Smith in this matter.
----- Original Message ----- From: Curt Howland To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 11:37 AM Subject: Re: [LibertarianEnterprise] Re: Heller decision terrible -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 26 June 2008, Robert D. Silvetz, M.D. was heard to say: > What I find extraordinary if I don't need a permit for speaking why > do I need a permit for carrying? > > Answer me that Supreme Court Fascists. That is entirely due to the attorney who argued the case. _HE_ gave them the benefit of licensing regardless of what the license requires. When asked if licensing constituted infringement, he said "no". Another fight lost because of our "friends". L. Neil was prophetic. Curt- - -- Treason! http://blog.mises.org/archives/007926.asp -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBSGPiBy9Y35yItIgBAQJFhAf/XVSkQZyKrn8XaDbTj9T0ymEn+aA0yLr7 wFM7SHfjqPhVP0VoXRDM81chK17nbgkYiF/h5B+bNDND0vKrNnZuaP3BXZqvDJbt gEDsZ3ssgw5Ioop6hldYv62sXs8MvUKOkWpnXhhPuq46p5jdLElF3lpIXzqK4ft9 DCertyDKsnrSL4leb+04eC48YfiCmqmAYzj5Nm15h2mk186WM/EnwqXaAc+1F5c+ lfat91+xkJug836ciQ1WD/fydg8IFtbTy1/lW8Ro1vHmuwaSWzEhDydhj3yYmfDw GUw0pv0+t6EayKAbAK/Uiy0egjA0w7KIYKGUkkR5yVQ79FgBZQNGeA== =HAn+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
