Nick to Andre: Nope, don't change the meaning of government that has been around and abundantly defined since ancient greece. The government/State is coercive by nature. I live in a civil society. Big difference.
Andre: I don't know why I bother Nick but here's my last thing and you can remain floating up there with the daisies: government in America ( I presume you live in that wonderful civil society) was agreed upon to exist as a power to protect property rights. Read Locke's philosophy on this and your own history.These are the self same rights you appear to cherish so much. If anything is coercive it is in the name of exercising this protection and, by implication, the protection of individuals who think just like you.. Nick: Nope, I ascribe to a moral intellectual principle called the NAP. I live in a civil society, and you advocate a law of the jungle government/State that is coercive by nature. You see, in a civil society we sit, negotiate, and reason with each other. But somebody advocating for a territorial coercive monopoly government/State is a criminal. Andre: Now I clearly see an argument presented which is twisted upon itself and distorted beyond all recognition and blaming me for the outcome! Sounds you have a real mate in Platt with this one...selectively picking and choosing and turning the argument back upon the person asking the questions for clarification in the first place. Go back to sleep Nick and while you are at it: read this last line of your own post... and ask yourself: 'Who wants to protect his own territory to the hilt?' and what makes this of you then? Don't bother. Andre Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
