On 5 Nov 2001, at 11:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well, "someone", a legitimate law enforcement officer. Law enforcement officers do not legitmately have any more such authority than anyone else. Whether a law enforcement officer is legitimate or not depends on what that officer is doing. If he is violating individual rights he has NO legitimacy. Only if he is defending individual rights does he have any legitimacy; just like anyone else. In our sad world most law enforcement officers are entirely illegitimate. Even in the semi-free part of the world they are illegitimate much of the time since most of their activities are criminal in nature. The thing that distinguishes the semi-free part of the world is that there the law enforcement officers do sometimes do legitimate things. > I don't see that it's something else, it's prior restraint, as in your > previous sentence.
Err.... My point was that _prior restraint_, per se, is illegitimate. Freedom cannot exist in a society in which prior restraint is allowed. > In that situation, I believe it would be correct for the rightful > government to say "Attention airlines, we are forbidding all airlines > from carrying any passengers with green eyes on Wednesday" > > It's a tough one though. Yes, that is a tough situation. But it must be solved by a social system that excludes prior restraint if freedom is to be possible. A lot of thinking about this, and perhaps some innovation, is needed. > we libertarians will still want strong law and order. Absolutely. Best, CCS ********************************************** * Craig Spencer * * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * ********************************************** --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Did you know that e-metal is a wonderful holiday gift? Avoid the hassle this year!
