From: Robert J. Bradbury (bradbury@www.aeiveos.com)
Date: Mon Sep 06 1999 - 08:57:40 MDT
On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Bryan Moss wrote:
> Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
>
> > Libertarianism might work if you have 40 acres surrounded
> > by a barbed wire electrified fence, a mine field between your hosue
> > and the fence and you get grocer.com to deliver your food to the end
> > of your driveway. Oh yes, and don't forget, it isn't the American
> > Express card you should 'never leave home without', its a tank.
>
> OK, when was the last time you slaughtered your own cow before
> eating steak?
Never.
I can probably count on two hands the number of times in the last 25
years I've eaten meat (steak I could probably do on one hand),
so I don't think this is much of a problem. And besides, I have
it on reasonable authority that some of the cows are SI/alien agents
so I'm quite content to stay on their good side.
> Despite the fact that none of us tend to do this, the government does not
> supply our meat, private industry does. Libertarianism is not suggesting
> you literally protect yourself it's suggesting you have a choice in who does
> protect you and what they protect you against.
>
Ok, well that's fine then. A little competition in providing "government"
services (protection, law, meat inspection) would be a very interesting.
But I think we may get back into the "too much information" problem.
Are you qualified to judge whether U.S.D.A meat inspectors are
better or worse than Elmer & Mo's Clean Meat Verification Services, Inc.?
What about comparing in detail two legal systems such as the U.S.
system and the French system?
While the idea is attractive, I think the problem is that the devil
is in the details.
Robert
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