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Archive for October 5th, 2010

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

The roof! The roof! The roof is on fire!

By Thoreau
First, as a heartless libertarian it is obviously my fault that a guy’s house burned down in Tennessee because he didn’t pay for fire coverage from the fire department.  That seems to be the gist of some commentary.  I apologize, and I promise to share some of my Koch-provided lucre with him, if I [...]

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

Love Revolution

Alex Knapp stands up for nonviolent revolution. I’d add Spain and Portugal to his list of success cases. Best part:

This argument doesn’t make any sense at all. By the same logic, I might say that responding to tyranny with violence sort of assumes that the tyrannical entity you’re using force against isn’t simply going to [...]