Originally Posted By: TigerJimmy
Originally Posted By: jimhogan


2) Police agencies to protect citizens and


Actually, a "Big L" Libertarian does not see the role of police as protection. Police are there to enforce the law, not to proactively stop people from breaking the law; personal (self-) protection is the responsibility of the free moral agent.

It's an important distinction because if you see the role of the police and government as "protection" or "prevention", then it opens the door to all of the nonsense we have today, from smoking bans to the war on drugs.

I gladly accept this correction as, you are right, it does seem an important one. I am glad that, in the main though, that my notion of "Big L" is not totally off track even if am not precisely correct (is the Big L manifesto written up anywhere? I looked on Wikipedia but there were 28 flavors.)

Now I have to say that your correction does nothing to diminish my sense of Libertarian weirdness and it bring to mind the Onion's Libertarian Reluctantly Calls Fire Department.

I appreciate the correction, though.
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Jim


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