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Tasers always have bright yellow on them and weigh half as much as a pistol. There's a wikipedia article on this that has plenty of info. It is hard to believe that it was actually an accident. Too bad this guy won't be put into the general population in prison.
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That is true. Read page 3 of the Hasnas piece I cited on how "common law" was preempted by civil legislation. People today are so shortsighted on such things as law or IP. We did fine, at least great works of art were still created, without IP. For centuries there were no state uniformed police. There's an interesting book by Robert Heilbroner
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I agree, however history is replete with examples of prosperous states or enclaves being overrun by inefficient, statist, and warlike regimes that have focused societal efforts on warmaking and plunder at the expense of market efficiences. Put this picture with that in your travel brochure. Hail Comrade!
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Primarily, the USA must eliminate statist abuses at home. I have advocated a rollback in the powers of the central government including a balanced budget amendment and the elimination of the "commerce clause" via Constitutional means I'm sorry if you truly think this might happen (which I don't actually believe).
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another ad hominen ? Ad hominy you say? Suck it up.
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Ret, you in no way answered my question and your post is nonsense. What is a "negative a priori"? I don't think you even understand half of the words you keep chirping, especially "objective, rational, and independent thinking".
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Hey Jonathan, I'm not sure what I was talking about, but you are right. On the subject read Hasnas' The Obviousness of Anarchy. Civil law still has elements compatible with customary or even libertarian law, but prescriptions tend towards purely arbitrary 5-10 year sentences or "fines up to $3000 per offense" type of stuff.
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Some people have warned me, online and offline, that while Mises was a great economist, he was not a great writer; I'd have to agree. I've seen people bitch about a source I cite being too long, even though it would fit comfortably in Time magazine. Just say what you are having a problem with and I am sure someone here can help. Quoting specific
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For example, the notion that anarchism will metastasize into a overpowering behemoth overnight when we have exactly ZERO anarchic societies of worth or significance in play today -- is not supported by either praxeology or empiricism. So after claiming repeatedly that there are "ZERO anarchic societies today" and having been disproven, he
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This is almost as bad as Retopper continuously claiming that all anarchists are pacifists.