At 12:39 PM 8/13/2009, you wrote: > > >--- In ><mailto:LibertarianEnterprise%40yahoogroups.com>LibertarianEnterprise@yahoogroups.com, > >Wraith <wra...@...> wrote: > > > > The so called "party of Principle" has forgotten what this is all > > about, in its focus on gaining Power > > within the system. If you think about it, any form of coercive > > government would by its nature violate the ZAP. > > Thus real libertarians would be anarchists. > > > >Well, not quite. >A powerful Force-using Agency that never Initiated Force would not >violate the Non-Aggression Principle. For example, an overwhelmingly >powerful "We Don't Like Murder" Agency could exist. Or one that >punished Initiation of Force generally. Neither of those would >violate NAP - for as long as it did not Initiate Force. They would >constitute a Libertarian Government without being Anarchist. > >Enforcing NAP without Initiating Force is possible, despite all the >yelling from the Anarchists. I have done it. You can do it. >Retaliation and Vengeance are fun.
Did you note my use of the word coercive? Given the choice, I'd rather have restitution than revenge.
