From: Emlyn O'regan (oregan.emlyn@healthsolve.com.au)
Date: Thu May 02 2002 - 02:30:51 MDT
How do you decide that it's ok to have a law against robbery, but not
against child abuse? I don't understand this at all.
Emlyn
-- Lee Corbin wrote: > > Suppose you saw some thugs fall upon a pedestrian and begin to beat > > and rob him, you would not try to help, because of your > belief in the > > freedom of the robbers? I can't believe that. > > You're right! Indeed I would intervene (in general). Beating > and robbing someone is against the law in any civilized society > (because a citizen's legal rights are being violated---you know > very well that all of us libertarians believe that government > must stop the initial use of force---and bystanders should > help too). "Freedom of the robbers"? Be serious. > > > Would you personally intervene to try to stop your neighbor's > > abuse of his child? > > No. Moreover, I would try to persuade everyone that we should > not have laws against it. Just what is "child abuse", anyway? > For some, it's spanking. For others, it's making children work. > For others, it's lending out the children for sexual gratification. > These may all be appalling, but they're rare, and again, we lose > far more by failing to foster an atmosphere of liberty than we do > by writing meddling laws. *************************************************************************** Confidentiality: The contents of this email are confidential and are intended only for the named recipient. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any use, reproduction, disclosure or distribution of the information contained in the e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please reply to us immediately and delete the document. Viruses: Any loss/damage incurred by using this material is not the sender's responsibility. Our entire liability will be limited to resupplying the material. No warranty is made that this material is free from computer virus or other defect.
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