tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post6703247293039314203..comments2023-04-22T12:32:24.799-07:00Comments on The House of Substance: Libertarians Я DumbSubstance McGravitashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-50149887776215973312011-05-15T18:09:58.931-07:002011-05-15T18:09:58.931-07:00Laws forcing someone to provide services to keep s...Laws forcing someone to provide services to keep someone else alive are a form of slavery, unless the first someone is a mother or a pregnant woman.Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-62344300544786729382011-05-15T17:21:41.646-07:002011-05-15T17:21:41.646-07:00I'm opposed to extraneous apostrophes insertin...I'm opposed to extraneous apostrophes inserting themselves in my comments. GRRRRR.tigrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00685093476177441655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-87204218220405076702011-05-15T17:21:37.347-07:002011-05-15T17:21:37.347-07:00It is a funny thing that these libertarian positio...It is a funny thing that these libertarian positions coincide so well with the doctrines of fundamentalist Christianity and Republicanism.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-76736591666433467622011-05-15T17:19:09.644-07:002011-05-15T17:19:09.644-07:00So apparently the Paul's are anti-abortion, to...So apparently the Paul's are anti-abortion, too? Requiring a business(which is, as one of Delong's commenters points out, a government-created legal construct) to serve all customers equally is outrageous, but forcing a real actual human being to carry a fetus to term regardless of her desire or ability is A-OK.tigrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00685093476177441655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-46233325015961676052011-05-15T17:18:04.583-07:002011-05-15T17:18:04.583-07:00That's a pretty reasonable way of looking at i...That's a pretty reasonable way of looking at it. I suppose another solution is to gouge out the eyes of business owners.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-16697354901340779742011-05-15T16:54:17.303-07:002011-05-15T16:54:17.303-07:00In NZ law, if you advertise as a restaurant or cor...In NZ law, if you advertise as a restaurant or corner store or whatever then you're deemed to be offering a contract: "Pay me money and I will feed you". If you renege on the offer because you don't like the colour of a prospective customer's skin then it's a breach of contract and financial remedies apply. SO the question of whether restauranteurs <br />have a right to be racist doesn't even arise.<br /><br />Do libertarians see 'enforcing contracts' as a legitimate function of the State, or is it something that can be left to the Free Market?Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-60776350208165190662011-05-15T16:09:52.035-07:002011-05-15T16:09:52.035-07:00Did black restaurant owners have the right not to ...Did black restaurant owners have the right not to serve whites? Because I'm guessing no.tigrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00685093476177441655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-8070203883156199002011-05-15T14:59:15.914-07:002011-05-15T14:59:15.914-07:00I think what it boils down to for me is that it is...I think what it boils down to for me is that it isn't really a libertarian argument, it's ONLY a racist argument. I mean, the only negative result posited is that black people would have to be served. That does not change anybody's business one iota: you still ladle the same hash.Substance McGravitashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118764163822188800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-13887021290197686892011-05-15T14:40:13.770-07:002011-05-15T14:40:13.770-07:00I've been thinking about what to say at mikey&...I've been thinking about what to say at mikey's post.<br /><br />Probably something along the lines, "power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." The libertarians ignore the fact that individuals and corporations can be dangerously corrupt.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2438801388377581634.post-77737909083005325892011-05-15T10:48:09.951-07:002011-05-15T10:48:09.951-07:00Oh sure.
Link to the smart and thoughtful post.
...Oh sure. <br /><br />Link to the smart and thoughtful post.<br /><br />Shouldn't there be SOME benefit accrued from just being FIRST?mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.com