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From: cjk@ccice2.UUCP (Chris Kreilick)
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Subject: Re: CONSISTENCY?  Still waiting...
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Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 20:00:38 EST
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> [Walter Wego was right]
> 
> From: mwm@ea.UUCP ( >No, libertarianism is not anarchy. What differentiates a libertarian
> >government from an anarchy, and indeed from any statist government, is 
> >that a libertarian government does *not* have the right to initiate 
> >force. It may have a monopoly on force, and on being able to decide 
> >when it will be used, but it may only use force in response to force.
> 
> The following phrases in you reply are crucial:
> 1. "does not have [sic--you mean claim] the right to initiate force"
> 2. "have a monopoly on force, and on being able to decide when it
> 	will be used"
> 
> 1 contradicts 2.  QED.

Paul.

Are your shoes too tight?

Answer soon.
-- 
fool slapper