[66377] in Cypherpunks
Re: SAY WHAT? [Hallam-Baker demands more repudiations or he'll write!]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Declan McCullagh)
Tue Sep 24 22:54:40 1996
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 19:43:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@eff.org>
To: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
Cc: attila <attila@primenet.com>, hallam@vesuvius.ai.mit.edu,
cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960924143919.28504B-100000@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
Libertarian philosophy is, however, sympathetic to vigilantism. True
libertarians might characterize AP-type schemes as allowing two forms of
action: just assassination (Hitler, Stalin) and unjust murder (most
everyone else). But reasonable libertarians will probably disagree where
lines should be drawn.
-Declan
On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Simon Spero wrote:
> On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, attila wrote:
>
> >
> > go back to your beloved England and your labour unions
> your roots are showing :-) ----^
>
> > NO, I will not outright reject Jim Bell's "Assassination
> > Politics."
>
> Assasination politics is impossible to defend from a classical
> Liberal/Libertarian position. Bell advocates arbitrary applications of
> violence and coercion without restriction. There is no way to justify the
> initiation of force without abandoning any pretence of being a
> Libertarian (which, to be fair, Bell doesn't claim to be).
>
// declan@eff.org // I do not represent the EFF // declan@well.com //
