[ExI] Social right to have a living

[Stefano Vaj]

On 11 July 2011 19:44, Kelly Anderson <kellycoinguy at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Stefano Vaj <stefano.vaj at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Same as in the US executions, you mean? :-)
>
> US executions have not been public for many decades.


I was not referring to secret executions, but to those administered in front
of the lawyers, parties, relatives, press, prison personnel, etc.

> A frightening prospective indeed.
> I think we are all glad we won. :-)
>

The US won the second war, but they did not manage to extend the life of
capital punishment and extensive imprisonment in Europe, thank gods.

And on that point, I concur 100%. It's all about the zeitgeist, and
> that changes. I would not be surprised, for example, if sex with some
> children is legal in 50 years. It seems to be the direction society is
> headed. I don't think it is a good thing, it just seems possible.
>

I have no especially strong opinion in this respect, but my impression as to
the direction where society is headed in western country is actually quite
the opposite.

>
> > Thus, governments do not guarantee children per se, and the lack or
> > weakness thereof does not imply that they are especially threatened
> > under any definition of "threatened" (involving perhaps
> > computer-graphic "exploitment"?).
>
> I don't think I'm following you here. Could you try again please?
>

One objection raised here against libertarianism in the anarchist sense was
the need for children protection. I countered that by remarking on the basis
of historical experience that governments need not protect children in any
plausible sense any more than anarchist regimes.

-- 
Stefano Vaj
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