http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/ LPplatform-discuss Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:53:35 GMT kevin Bjornson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4771 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4771 DK - Show me one "proper" government in human history that hasn't ended up trampling freedom and killing multitudes of people. (K) show me one example of a Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:29:27 GMT Libertarian News http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4770 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4770 (K) Your equation: government = institutionalized intiation of force, is not supported by dictionaries, logic, or evidence. "Govern" (in a political context) Fri, 24 Jul 2009 09:56:14 GMT kevin Bjornson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4769 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4769 (HP) Please keep in mind that definitions are not concepts and the lack of an all inclusive definition covering all the underlying concepts is not necessarily Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:08:12 GMT Howard Pearce http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4768 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4768 On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:09:27 -0400, kevin Bjornson ... Please keep in mind that definitions are not concepts and the lack of an all inclusive definition Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:09:35 GMT kevin Bjornson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4767 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4767 (DK) You may not favor the "current" system, but you seem to be advocating for some level of government based upon your previous statement, "...beneficial Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:31:48 GMT Libertarian News http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4766 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4766 I'm glad that you have good reading skills and that we can agree on a few points. Not all aggression comes from government, correct, but I am opposed to it no Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:39:13 GMT kevin Bjornson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4765 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4765 ... (HP) Being Arrested comes under the heading of defense against a perceived threat. If it is is done unjustly, then one may have recourse. (K) Yes, of Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:27:29 GMT kevin Bjornson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4764 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4764 1. With all due respect, I'm not interested in your reading ability or any self-aggrandizing. I'm only interested in knowing whether or not you read, and Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:18:52 GMT Libertarian News http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4763 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4763 1. With all due respect, I'm not interested in your reading ability or any self-aggrandizing. I'm only interested in knowing whether or not you read, and Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:48:19 GMT Howard Pearce http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4762 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4762 On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:22:00 -0400, kevin Bjornson ... Being Arrested comes under the heading of defense against a perceived threat. If it is is done unjustly, Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:22:24 GMT kevin Bjornson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4761 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4761 (DK) Did you even read my article? (K) Yes, and my reading ability has been tested at the 99.9th percentile. (DK) Organization, itself, isn't the problem. (K) Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:13:28 GMT Libertarian News http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4760 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4760 Did you even read my article? Organization, itself, isn't the problem. I think you're missing the point: There is no legitimate claim to me, by you or any Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:36:41 GMT kevin Bjornson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4759 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4759 taxing aggression when it takes the form of pollution (K) This would not be a "tax", but a fine. taxing aggression when it takes the form of appropriating Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:18:37 GMT kevin Bjornson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4758 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4758 enforcing a due-process-observing monopoly on retaliatory force; (K) First, "due process" incorporates Spencer's Social Statics, so the current system often Sun, 19 Jul 2009 09:29:27 GMT kevin Bjornson http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4757 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LPplatform-discuss/message/4757 (K) Thanks, Brian, for the Pinker article. Very good reading and I agree, modernity and humanism do tend to reduce levels of aggression and we are headed in