Hey I'm here, free and clear

Welcome to the forums.

First off, welcome!

Secondly, are you sure you want to be posting your pictures here? Just one of those basic security things.

You make a valid point, but I mainly posted it because it’s got me making the peace and victory sign.

Welcome. I read through the thread and posts. I like your perspective. Very insightful.

To be honest, I don’t get why people are so afraid to show a picture of themselves. I can understand not revealing your address and phone number, but I don’t think it is a big deal to post your picture. I can’t change my avatar, otherwise I would post my photo.

I used to post on a variety of websites before I became anything close to being libertarian, and on most of those websites, forum members would warn against posting any personal information, since they feared orgs like Redwatch. That might be too conspiratorial of a worldview for some, but I accept it. I don’t see a reason to out yourself in the first place. Do I really want to make it easily available for the government and future employers to know what my political views are?

To quote Penn & Teller, “Stranger danger is bull**t!”

http://www.meetup.com/Seattle-Anarcho-Capitalism/

If your ever in the Seattle area, look us up.

I have no interest in being a martyr, but neither do I desire to obscure who I am.

Anyway, welcome to the forums. Those were some very strong introductory posts.

Interesting, because I was actually planning a move soon, and it basically came down to Seattle vs. New Hampshire (for different reasons).

I saw that P&T episode as well, and agree.

Who are you on fr33 agents?

Come to Seattle. :slight_smile: If your in IT there’s like 2% unemployment. In other words, plenty of work to do.

Welcome Htut.

Facial recognition software is top notch now. If you have a driver’s license or passport, all someone needs is an internet connection and a picture.

Interesting that you would say that.

Most anarch-communists et al seem to love to quote Proudhon’s “Property is theft” as a justification for their anti-private property beliefs (so, does that mean I can’t own clothes, books, food?).

Several years back I read an interesting article (sorry to say I can’t recall who wrote it or where I read it). Apparemtly they all forget (or never learned) that he actually said “property is theft”, “property is liberty” and “property is impossible”. The article I read explained that and tried to explain in a libertarian way what Proudhon was meaning by the 3 terms.

I also noted your use of the term “voluntaryst”. That is another ‘movement’, if you will, within libertarianism. There is still a website for it, as there used to be a print magazine. Its here: http://www.voluntaryist.com/ Carl Watner was the big wheel in this movement, who published the original magazine (of which there is a book that reprints a lot of it). Thought I’d mention it in case any were not aware of it.

HtutAlexander

Oh, I see. You’re new.

yeah.