Huh?

Self defense is always permissible.



Zack Bass wrote:
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>
>
> On the front page of LP.org today:
> http://www.lp.org/ <http://www.lp.org/>
> "Libertarians oppose not only the White House's plans for 
> government-run medicine, but the use of violence to achieve political 
> or social goals."
>
> Excuse me, nothing about the Principles of Libertarianism is 
> inconsistent with the use of Violence. The only restriction on our 
> Violence is that we do not INITIATE it. Any libertarian may choose to 
> kill his oppressor (for political goals or any other goals he has in 
> mind) without ceasing to be a libertarian; the only relevant fact is 
> that the other guy started it.
>
> http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwelnat.htm 
> <http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/orwelnat.htm>
> "Those who "abjure" violence can only do so because others are 
> committing violence on their behalf."
> -- George Orwell, 1945
>
> 

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