Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site randvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!randvax!edhall From: edhall@randvax.UUCP (Ed Hall) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: libertarianism VS economic reality Message-ID: <2173@randvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 4-Dec-84 13:35:11 EST Article-I.D.: randvax.2173 Posted: Tue Dec 4 13:35:11 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Dec-84 02:18:54 EST References: <2150@randvax.UUCP> <2628@ihldt.UUCP> Organization: Rand Corp., Santa Monica Lines: 42 > > It often seems like those > > arguing the ``pure'' libertarian position are committing the falacy > > of asserting as an axiom the supreme moral goodness of personal freedom, > > then using this axiom to ``prove'' the relative badness of all other > > points of view. > > ... > > Here, as in many places, deciding ``who's right'' or ``who's wrong'' > > depends upon ``whose rules'' are used... > > > > Without realizing it, you've hit the (libertarian) nail on the head. > This is precisely what libertarians are trying to say, not just about > political arguments but about all parts of life. No viewpoint is > universally right or wrong; each person should be able to run their own > affairs. > > Now that's true freedom. The libertarian form of government is designed > to let this become reality. > > Bob Stewart > ihldt!stewart Wow, I see what you mean. Without libertarian government it will be illegal for two people to hold different points of view, right? After all, you said that by arguing for the existance of different points of view, I was supporting libertarianism. (Do I need to put a smiley here?) Read again--my claim was that libertarians hold a world-view that is not necessarily shared by non-libertarians. Period. Perhaps you can extract a quote out of context, and claim that it ``supports'' the libertarian point of view, but that doesn't make it so. What I posted said nothing about the social, economic, artistic, military, scientific, or scatological implications of libertarianism vs. other points of view. Agreed, each person should be allowed to think and state whatever views they please. And that's about as far as you can reasonably go in extracting my political views from the posting you quoted. ``To a man with a hammer, all problems look like nails...'' -Ed Hall decvax!randvax!edhall