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Wednesday, June 28, 2006

Memo to Walter Block

You had me at your intro:

Late one night in Washington, D.C. a mugger wearing a ski mask jumped into the path of a well-dressed man and stuck a gun in his ribs.

"Give me your money!" he demanded.

Indignant, the affluent man replied, "You can't do this. I'm a United States Congressman!"

"In that case," replied the robber, "give me my money!"
But, you lost me in the second paragraph of your introduction:

Part I of this paper includes section 2, in which the stage is set for answering this challenging question, section 3, in which the essence of the state is discussed, section 4, in which libertarian punishment theory is introduced and the beginning of section 5, in which the concept of the libertarian Nuremberg trial is explored, and in 5a. the assumption that all citizens are guilty of the crimes of the unjust state is rejected.
Anyway, some of our readers might be interested in your essay, Radical Libertarianism: Applying Libertarian Principles to Dealing with the Unjust Government (PDF). Let me know when you get back to writing about pimps, scabs, and moneylenders and other things I care about. It would be cool if you could do something on the economics of breast-milk, or in defense of cock-fighting. [Note to self: search through Google News for stories of women demanding the right to breast-feed their babies at cock-fights. Possible title, "Who Wants Breasts Obstructing their View of Cocks?]

ps. Are you as disappointed as I am that Ashlee Simpson turned down posing nude in Playboy?

["Radical Libertarianism" link via lewrockwell.com.]