If you as an individual have no right to do something, a bigger group of individuals can’t magically make the right pop into existence, and can’t turn that magical “right” into “authority” to imbue someone else with. It just can’t happen.
Tag: property
Preferences
Preferences are frequently discounted as selfish impulses, but they are probably the second most important class of property that one owns. The first, in my opinion, is your time and space, the outward manifestation of your self.
Discussion with a Cop Supporter
Here is a discussion I had with a supporter of cops a while back. It may be educational to see the lengths people will go to when they are desperate to excuse the inexcusable and justify that which can’t be justified.
Those Thieving Thieves and Their Schemes
If I get mugged, and manage to not have the thief steal as much as he might have stolen, I’m not going to be happy about the mugging, but I will be happy to have retained what he didn’t get.
There’s a Due Process Problem with Homeschool Regulations
The biggest problem with the often-cavalier way citizens and lawmakers suggest regulating homeschoolers – who receive no public money but still pay local property taxes to fund schools – is that it is an invasion of privacy and a violation of due process.
Whose “Principles” are We Talking About?
NAP Parenting is about examining the peculiar relationship between parent and child, and to explore the ethical ramifications therein. We’ve heard every argument under the sun for why one can/should hit or threaten their children, but they all must, in doing so, redefine children as non-persons.
Trump & Co.’s Vile Anti-Immigrationism
It should not be the government’s prerogative to define and ensure immigrants’ “success” and assimilation. We have zero reason to be confident in the ability of politicians and bureaucrats to predict success, however defined.
Embarrassing Borderism Fail
I just read what should have been one of the most embarrassing justifications for borderism I’ve ever seen passed off as thought. I won’t mention the particular thinker who squeezed it out.
Delusional Support for Cops is Everywhere!
I guess it’s a pointless battle, even among the pro-liberty crowd. I’m still right, but I will walk away from the discussion. You can’t get through to those who are so desperate to not understand.
Reading Minds
If you see a guy climbing in your teenage daughter’s bedroom window in the middle of the night, with rope and a butcher knife in his hand, do you believe you have a pretty good idea what he’s thinking? Or should you wait and ask him before making any snap judgments?