--- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, "Gary F. York" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If no one else has said it, let me be the first: > coercion begins where consent ends. >
Bullshit. If I join a HomeOwners Association, and after a decade or so I don't feel like putting up with their crap anymore, may I withdraw my Consent and cry "Coercion"? Another thing: There is nothing unlibertarian about Coercion (read the definition), unless it involves Initiation Of Force. If I threaten to do that which would not be Initiation Of Force if I did not make it a threat, then it is not Initiation Of Force. Example of Coercion that is not Initiation Of Force: "Get off my lawn or I will shoot you." A Pop-Culture example, this one being Libertarian Blackmail: Hank Hill had proof that a guy he didn't like had committed Initiation Of Force against him. He threatened to tell the cops if the guy didn't move out of the neighborhood. See? Perfectly acceptable Coercion.
