[extropy-chat] libertarian fervor

[Dirk Bruere]

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From: "Don Dartfield" <twodeel at jornada.org>
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Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 7:31 AM
Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] libertarian fervor


> On Wed, 03 Dec 2003, David Lubkin wrote:
>
> > Would others speak to where their libertarian fervor came from?
>
> >From the discovery that the drug laws, designed to prevent people from
> doing what they want in the first place, have frightened doctors into not
> prescribing proper pain medication for treatment of chronic pain even when
> it is very obviously warranted, for fear of becoming another casualty in
> the War on Drugs.
>
> That was what got me started, at least, and motivated me to register as a
> Libertarian.  Lately, though, I've drifted away somewhat, because I've
> realized that I'm not a complete libertarian like many of the other
> libertarians whose articles I read seem to be.  For instance, I have yet
> to be convinced that private ownership of roads would be better than our
> current system.
>
> Somewhat similar to Larry Niven's whole "Why I Am Not a Libertarian" thing
> that he wrote a story about ... what was it ... oh yeah, "Cloak of
> Anarchy."  But in any case, I still consider myself to be more libertarian
> than anything else.

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Dirk

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