Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site oberon.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!oberon!walker From: walker@oberon.UUCP (Mike Walker) Newsgroups: net.politics.theory Subject: Re: Military Preparedness Message-ID: <126@oberon.UUCP> Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 22:46:21 EDT Article-I.D.: oberon.126 Posted: Thu Sep 26 22:46:21 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 30-Sep-85 01:45:39 EDT References: <3690@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> <301@ihnet.UUCP> Organization: U. of So. Calif., Los Angeles Lines: 25 > When i first subscribed to this news group, I didn't really expect to find > myself arguing *against* libertarians, but we must remember the axioms > upon which Libertaria rests. When an axiom (e.g. free information) > *cannot* possibly apply, it is time to bring in the government. > Effective defense cannot spring from the free market. > -- > This .signature file intentionally left blank. > Karl Dahlke ihnp4!ihnet!eklhad Karl, Free information is not a libertarian axiom. Information is a commodity that is bought and sold. If I don't want to talk, freely or for money, the only way to get me to talk is to coerce me. Coersion is antithema to most libertatians other than in self defense. A person or company can, though, contractually arrange not to reveal information. Such a contract could then be enforced since that contract would represent a property right to the signing parties. Thus military contractors, like Amalgamated Artillary or Infantry Supply Co., could be bound to secrecy. -- Michael D. Walker (Mike) Arpa: walker@oberon.ARPA Uucp: {the (mostly unknown) world}!ihnp4!sdcrdcf!oberon!walker {several select chunks}!sdcrdcf!oberon!walker