--- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, "Eric Pavao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 9:34 PM, goat! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Yes, and people are still being prosecuted / ruined trying to stop > > trespass on the borders. > > Huh? If you own land on the border (or have permission from the > person(s) that own the land) then you can rightfully stop a > trespasser. If however you are talking about "public" land then I can > confidently tell you (being part of the public myself) that you do not > have unanimous consent to stop tresspassers. Of course, since it is > impossible to get unanimous consent to do ANYTHING with public land > (including buy it in the first place), public land should not exist to > begin with. But as long as you want to believe in the fiction of > public land, you shouldn't be able to keep out trespassers unless you > have permission to do so from ALL the owners. And I hereby refuse to > give my permission. > > --Eric =================== Well said, Eric. I fully agree with you and I made that same point in an open letter to Hans-Herman Hoppe regarding that same (public roads) issue:
"More arguments for Open Borders—this time (unbeknownst to him) from the pen of Hans-Hermann Hoppe!" http://tinyurl.com/y393aq <http://tinyurl.com/y393aq> My conclusion in that letter was: If I am a legitimate owner of the public property in the U.S., then I have a say in how it is used and I want unrestricted access! I cannot trade with people who are excluded from reaching my property, especially "foreigners". As a legitimate owner of the "public property", and of private property within the territory commonly known as the United States, I issue a standing, open invitation to any and all individuals in the world to use the "public" property of which I am a legitimate owner! Furthermore, I know of other legitimate owners of this public property in the U.S. who hold the same view. Mr Hoppe's argument is sufficient grounds for ENFORCING open borders! Dennis
