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Re: Libertarian stuff (Was: Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?])
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Wed, 12 Jan 2000 20:02:36 GMT
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Richard Franks wrote:
> Libertarian Political Philosophy (LPP?) would be to respect the rights of other
> countries to make mistakes, but would it allow them to violate the rights of
> other countries.. found something.. <http://www.lp.org/platform/hr.html>
> "The violation of rights and liberty by other governments can never justify
> foreign intervention by the United States government [...] Only private
> individuals and organizations have any place speaking out on this issue."
One point here: This says that the _United States_ government has no
moral authority to intervene. It doesn't say "no government may
intervene". It even mentions why: because no existing government has a
clean record.
> So unless you had a private, charity funded, army I guess I shouldn't worry -
> phew!
Like there aren't private armies now? They just happen to for the most
part be on the side of the "bad guys" (drug lords and the like).
--
Frank Filz
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