[670] in libertarians
Re: questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Travis Corcoran)
Mon Feb 13 16:04:19 1995
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 95 16:00:39 EST
From: tjic@ICD.teradyne.com (Travis Corcoran)
To: yaroslav@uclink2.berkeley.edu
Cc: tpiatt@vangogh.helios.nd.edu, libertarians@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9502131248.A16559-0100000@uclink2.berkeley.edu> (message from Suicidal Maniac on Mon, 13 Feb 1995 12:48:47 -0800 (PST))
> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1995 12:48:47 -0800 (PST)
> From: Suicidal Maniac <yaroslav@uclink2.berkeley.edu>
>
> On Mon, 13 Feb 1995, teri piatt wrote:
>
> > Their claim is that my right to property interferes with their right
> > to life and property, since I have a surpluss and I refuse to distribute
> > it, I am keeping them from being able to obtain what they need to live.
>
> Ok..let's get this straight... You have your property. You own it.
> No one has any rights to it but you. Whatever you make by selling your
> labor becomes your hard-earned property. You earned it. Its your
> property. No one has the right to take it or any part of it away
> from you.
While I agree with you, you're just asserting a conclusion, not
arguing for it. Asserting conclusions usually is not a good way to
convince people.
> When you have the "distribute the pie" scheme, then there has to be
> someone who determines how much of a share each person gets. Otherwise,
> why can't i take the whole pie? Therefore, the government...and all the
> evil with it.. arises..it's what "distributes the pie."
Once again, you're taking the inherent evil of government as a given.
While true, merely asserting it is so is not likely to be productive.
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