tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post2867830544240397344..comments2024-03-19T08:42:45.690-04:00Comments on The Delaware Libertarian: News Journal editorial page endorses an increasingly invasive police stateSteven H. Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-43720115322327498432021-01-31T06:07:09.049-05:002021-01-31T06:07:09.049-05:00Best SEO Agency in Dubai
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still waiting for your explanation.
a vide...Dana,<br /><br />still waiting for your explanation.<br /><br />a video in which Noam Chomsky says (essentially) that we cannot debate him because he is the ultimate arbiter of what our words mean does nothing to clear up my confusion.<br /><br />and, Chomsky's sophistry aside, the definitions of <a href="http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/libertarian?q=libertarian" rel="nofollow">libertarian</a> and <a href="http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/libertarianism?q=libertarianism" rel="nofollow">libertarianism</a> in the Oxford English Dictionary look entirely compatible with those in American dictionaries such as <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/libertarianism?show=0&t=1366582724" rel="nofollow">Merriam-Webster</a> and <a href="http://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=libertarianism" rel="nofollow">American Heritage</a>. So do the definitions in every foreign language dictionary that i can hope to comprehend (Spanish, German, Italian & Greek)<br /><br />This leads me to conclude that Chomsky is full of shit and should have stuck to linguistics, a field in which he did actually make significant contributions to our understanding.<br /><br />Hopefully you and I will be able to agree on a common vocabulary, since we are both commenting on a a blog written in American English and more or less dedicated to Delaware issues. Otherwise, no rational discourse is possible and you might as well just bark at the moon.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06653459162258850269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-60334506295773766412013-04-23T12:48:21.516-04:002013-04-23T12:48:21.516-04:00With Folded Hands was good.With Folded Hands was good.Jay Boothnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-87837848452596979822013-04-21T08:20:30.045-04:002013-04-21T08:20:30.045-04:00Thanks Tom and Steve for your comments and questio...Thanks Tom and Steve for your comments and questions. I teach a course on Sundays so I can't clarify my view, which are rather complex, now. I will try to return this afternoon and provide more information. For now allow me to refer you to a YouTube video of Chomsky that mostly summarizes and reflects my libertarianism as well as my views on liberty, equality, free markets, etc. Importantly, Chomsky's statement reflects my ultimate view but given that we aren't close to a libertarian society in the way I envisage it, I do adopt SOME temporary positions that are reluctantly statist because the authoritarianism of the private sector workplace in the USA (and the opposite in some other nations) troubles me more than the authoritarianism of the state. More about that topic later. Here's the link. The video is short. <br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxbeyn2xMQE&feature=youtube_gdata_player<br />Delaware Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13619357338844485803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-59229744830813467422013-04-20T23:17:05.643-04:002013-04-20T23:17:05.643-04:00Dana,
Libertarians believe very strongly in equal...Dana,<br /><br />Libertarians believe very strongly in equality of opportunity.<br /><br />We do not believe in Equality in the <a href="http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/harrison.html" rel="nofollow">Harrison Bergeron</a> sense, which is what all governments promote but so far have failed to achieve. tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06653459162258850269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-37610400778215714132013-04-20T23:00:06.632-04:002013-04-20T23:00:06.632-04:00Dana,
I don't understand your terminology.
P...Dana,<br /><br />I don't understand your terminology.<br /><br />Please explain, in the context of <a href="http://nolan.jimeyer.org/graphics/nolanchart_withindices.jpg" rel="nofollow">this chart</a>, what you mean by "right libertarian". <br /><br />If for some reason you have a problem with that diagram, feel free to substitute your own as long as you adequately explain why it is superior.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06653459162258850269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-2818765793311140852013-04-20T22:37:19.492-04:002013-04-20T22:37:19.492-04:00Dana,
Actually it wasn't intended as a "...Dana,<br /><br />Actually it wasn't intended as a "shot," it was more the weird whimsical mood that I was in. But reading it, I can see it came across that way, so I apologize.<br /><br />I was not surprised by the military vehicles because I have been paying attention as well.<br /><br />What I find disquieting is the effectiveness with which this occupation of Boston was planned and executed, particularly as it was obviously planned for something much different than the pursuit of a single suspect.<br /><br />I intend to deal with that somewhat more technically at a later date.<br /><br />And, by the way, I tend to think of myself as a "left" libertarian. I suspect that to you all libertarians are inherently "on the right" but at least put me on the "left" part of that "right." ;)Steven H. Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09097470960863103473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-49684086411448457472013-04-20T21:42:29.031-04:002013-04-20T21:42:29.031-04:00Apparently, there is some ambiguity and dispute a...Apparently, there is some ambiguity and dispute about the officials "order" to citizens to stay at home. Some said it was binding; others that it was strongly recommended. Also, no one was compelled to let the police enter their home to search it. Unlike you I was not surprised to see many military vehicles show up on the scene. One need only pay attention while driving on the roads. I frequently see them driving in convoys. I have seen them do this often in all of the many states I've lived in. The US isn't an explicit police state, but it is an effective one. A smattering of writings like Chomsky's demonstrates it is so. Finally, your shot at me for often saying that you make a fetishism of freedom is a bit of a caricature because I agree with you right Libertarians on matters of civil rights. I use the fetishism charge principally in two respects: 1) How you right libertarians oddly defend the veritable totalitarian control of the private business sector by businesses under the rubric of liberty: 2) how you right Libertarians fetishsize liberty to the exclusion of any other principle important Human beings like well being and equality, the latter of which you have no vital concept at all. But I agree with you about the overwhelming and highly expert shutting down of a major metropolitan area. Very scary, but not nearly as frightening as the national applause for the effort. Delaware Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13619357338844485803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-69715578359244038732013-04-20T19:27:01.497-04:002013-04-20T19:27:01.497-04:00Sadly, the disgusting idea that there is a "p...Sadly, the disgusting idea that there is a "public safety" exception to the 5th & 6th Amendments is not an invention of Obama & Holder's Dept of "Justice". <br /><br />The Supreme Court came up with this abomination in 1984 in the case New York v. Quarles.tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06653459162258850269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-90735213938406937962013-04-20T15:19:25.698-04:002013-04-20T15:19:25.698-04:00YAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNN ZZZZZZZZZZ...YAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNN ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7893272060787897238.post-65904889189305273872013-04-20T14:01:13.345-04:002013-04-20T14:01:13.345-04:00Well done... I was thinking the same thing.Well done... I was thinking the same thing.kavipshttp://kavips.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com