Zack Bass wrote: > --- In LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, "Gary F. York" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Libertarians are simply not keen to construct a society which would >> empower predators; rather, we seek to diminish or completely eliminate >> the opportunity for one person to gain advantage specifically by >> disadvantaging another. >> >> > > In a Free Trade, both gain (in their own estimation). > And that is the end of it. It is not our place to say, "Oh, you > shouldn't make that deal, it's not what I would have done". Start > that shit and you've got a Meddler Government instead of a libertarian > one. > It is a solid rock of libertarianism that grown-up adults are capable > of making their own decisions. > Oh make the contract, by all means. Just when Jane wants out, she's out. The contract is over. In default, to be sure; damages owed and somehow to be determined. > Poor Jane. She is sick with worry and frustration. Her kids are > going to die ghastly deaths, and the only person who has made her an > offer that will save them is Kevin, but Gary won't let her receive his > money on Kevin's terms. Poor Poor Jane. Who will help Jane and kill > Gary for threatening to Initiate Force against her when she tries to > help her suffering children? > > Until this moment, Mr. York, I think I never really gauged your > cruelty and your recklessness. Little did I dream you could be so > reckless and so cruel as to do an injury to those poor sick lads. I > fear they shall always bear scars needlessly inflicted by you. If it > were in my power to forgive you for your reckless cruelty, I would do > so. I like to think I am a gentle man, but your forgiveness will have > to come from someone other than me. Let us assassinate this family no > further. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At > long last have you left no sense of decency? > :)
You know, until this very moment I don't think I really 'grokked' how compassionate you are. G.