Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site oliven.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!oliveb!oliven!danw From: danw@oliven.UUCP (danw) Newsgroups: net.politics.theory Subject: statism Message-ID: <814@oliven.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 20:00:01 EST Article-I.D.: oliven.814 Posted: Fri Mar 1 20:00:01 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 04:21:31 EST Organization: National Cobalt Testing Range Lines: 25 [] > Even if you could come up with some expression for "the good of society" >in quantitative terms, it might not be right to maximize it. Suppose you >have incontrovertible proof that sacrificing unwilling virgins to the great >lizard-god is the only way to preserve the lives of others. Do you have a right >to perform the sacrifice? Moral philosophies differ here, but I think not. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notice how the socialist duck and dodge here with claims that you don't really believe in the lizard-god , red-herring etc. etc. The inescapable fact is that the socialists (all statists) claim the moral right to seize life , liberty , or property for " the good of society". A terrorist, while throwing a bomb into a cafe , makes the same claim : individual life and property can and will be sacrificed for " the good of society". As a Libertarian I say ' A curse on all philosophies and philosophers who wish to deny us our inalienable right to Life , Liberty , and PROPERTY. ' danw