I don’t for a second believe the person who committed negligent homicide intended to cause harm. Yes he made bad choices, but so do we all. But cops make the conscious decision to do what they do; they intend to commit the acts they commit–acts of enforcement of counterfeit “laws”–in exchange for stolen money.
Author: Kent McManigal
Proud of The Bad Guys?
It’s a terrible shame when someone chooses to throw their life away in service to a gang of nasty thugs. That shame is compounded by delusional friends and family who think this tragic turn of events is something to be proud of. It’s most certainly NOT.
Liberty Butts
It’s interesting to me how committed most people are to liberty. Liberty… but not if it means leaving people alone to do things I don’t like. Liberty… unless it means I can’t control other people. Liberty… except when people want to use their property in ways that annoy me.
Hate Isn’t Worth the Effort
If an individual is in a gang which encourages actions I hate, then eventually I might start to hate that individual–especially if their gang becomes an important part of their identity and they defend the evil they commit due to their gang associations.
“Spurious Quotes”
It bothers me when a quote which is truthful is doubted just because the “famous person” the quote is attributed to may not have ever said it.
Truth isn’t propped up by the person who says it; people are raised up by the truth they speak.
Courts: The Circus of Cowardly Clowns
My opinion of government–and the unethical cowards who work for it–has just slipped down another couple of notches. I didn’t know that was still possible.
Agreeing with The Opposition
I have sometimes said that I agree with “conservatives” and “liberals” each about half of the time: when they are right by opposing the opposition. That may be a slight exaggeration–they are probably right less often than that.
Stupid or Stubborn?
If someone is doing something the wrong way–and I don’t mean in a way you simply don’t like, but one which doesn’t work very well, when there is a better way which is not more difficult, complicated, or inconvenient–and you show them the better way, but they never stop doing it the wrong way, what explains their behavior? Inertia? Habit? Or something else?
Prohibition and Slavery
Several days ago I compared a disgusting group’s support of prohibition to support for chattel slavery. You may have thought I was exaggerating. But was I? Let’s look at the comparisons.
Don’t Lose Your Way
Over the years I have noticed a tendency for people to start out good, and then begin to veer off-course. I could list so many I have seen this happen to–both “libertarian famous” and “nobodies.” They start out rationally standing up for Rightful Liberty, or however you choose to refer to this concept which (I hope) unites us, but then something triggers them to start following a false trail.