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Re: More on Airport security.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 15 Oct 2001 07:53:07 GMT
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> It's essentially a capitulation: to say that we (as a country) will allow
> this threat to destroy the airline's property by coercion.
Which property of the airlines are you talking? Their god given right to fly
above people?
> Of course, if they want to exercise their freedom of speech by
> publishing books, they should bear the risks of assassination, right? Or
> stop publishing books.
The essential difference between these two is this: There IS a right to
freedom of speech, but there is NO right to freedom of flight.
> This is the root of why Libertarianism, that mish mash of borrowed phrases,
> equals anarchy.
If we in the so-called capitalistic world continue to privatize profits but
socialize risks, The question arising from this is as simple as this: Who do
you think should be able to pay for the risks, in the long term, if the ones
making the profits are shielded by their governments?
Well, just about any system in history has found a way to go ad absurdum. My
guess is capitalism will not be an exception ...
> Airports, airlines, and government must continue to work out how to protect
> the individual rights of everybody involved.
Right. But what are those, in your definition?
:wq
Horst
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| (...) Essentially, if threats by foreign governments are made against a book publisher, or an airline, it's the same problem. It might as well be a dry cleaner for all that. (...) You mean there are definitions in this group? Really, what's the (...) (23 years ago, 16-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Larry, this is a stark example of how your Libertarianism takes ideas out of context. You have some idea that rights and risks adhere to individuals. But that is no longer the essential principle in our present context. Rights have already (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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