Great. So stop whining about the size of the government and the ‘evil libruls’.
It might. We’re suggesting guidelines for what type of company might operate which we can call a legitimate Private Defense or Security Firm. Rogue groups of criminals can be called something different.
So, it isn’t our fault that “this” is happening today, or that people like you support it whilst holding others to a higher standard… States are in essence rogue PDAs.
You didn’t answer my question. I was rehashing something written by Mises here.
Why do you mention Popper in every other breath? Wasn’t his thought more compatible with Kuhn’s theory of revolutionary (vs. Toulmin’s evolutionary) social change? See if you can find Margaret Masterman’s critique of Kuhn, about how he uses the word “paradigm” in at least 21 different senses. There’s no need to waste our time on these abstractions.
Anyhow, this had to do with whether you value any sort of coherency in a legal framework or want a purely arbitrary one like we have today. I really don’t care what you have to say about Popper, only what we were actually discussing.
Civil law is arbitrary because it is arbitrary. Yes, once again it is completely arbitrary by its nature, not because “I don’t like it”. The second part is not a sentence and I don’t know what you are babbling about.
Do you read what you respond to? I quite clearly did not say we were using “pure reason”. If we could, maybe we would have little computers spitting out verdicts.
There are aspects of the process of assigning justifiable maximum punishments which are quite objective. Yes, there is some measure of apodeictic certainty we can get from an aprioristic legal model. This doesn’t mean that you have to accept it, but in this case you can’t coherently object to its method.
How about you stop responding with things that are unrelated to what I am saying. Ostracism is an option to execution, but I wasn’t talking about either. That is for the victim and legal system to decide what is preferred and/or viable.
Okay. So the current system, which you are complaining about, is the result of human action. It is what it is. Deal with it.
I humbly think this is check-mate and you royally lost the game.
I do deal with it, I just propose ways in which I think it could be done better. That’s all.
To accept a part is not to accept the whole.
I don’t think rape will go away any time soon, so, should we legitimize that too?
Amazing example of doublethink no ?
It can’t be done better because people are what they are. Don’t you see YOUR OWN POINT ?
You’re equivocating government with rape. That’s a fun word game, but it’s a word game nonetheless. I’m talking about government, not rape.
Evidence?
You’re proposing radical changes that are outside the bounds of what is humanly possible, I am not. That was the point. Minimal government is not outside the realm of human capacity, anarcho-capitalism is.
I mean we’re not doing so bad. I don’t think the sky is going to cave in anytime soon.
No, I’m not. I’m simply using your logic. Anyway, how about this: theft won’t go away anytime soon, so, should we legitimize theft too?
Oh god, it is like a time warp to 2 days ago.
Learn some history.
We already have.
You won’t admit you painted yourself into a corner ?
That’s just a lie. EVIDENCE shows otherwise.
So the economic depression we’re heading into, because of the state, is not so bad?
Then why do we need the state? For what purpose?
Look, I know there’s no way in hell you guys are ever going to have your minds changed by talking on a forum.
Ultimately, your own lives will either confirm or deny your own philosophies. What I’m saying is that I understand people who can’t accept an-cap. I knew I’d be attacked for saying that here. But I thought I’d throw in my two cents and I have.
we all understand them. so what if you understand them? is that worth brownie points?
The amazing thing about humans is that they can be totally hypocritical without having everything unravel. So while the state has legitimized one form of theft, the state still protects people from other forms of it. It’s an amazing thing.