Comments on: Sunday Funnies: Organized Crime http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/ The State is not the Kingdom of God. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Norman http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-2119 Norman Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:18:32 +0000 http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/#comment-2119 @Jaired: There is long, respectable tradition of discussion regarding ethics of the use of force. The question for the libertarian is simply this: Can the institutionalization of a monopoly of force ever be moral? The anarcho-capitalist libertarian says that it cannot, hence the government is no different than mafia -- "criminal gang writ large". @Jaired: There is long, respectable tradition of discussion regarding ethics of the use of force. The question for the libertarian is simply this: Can the institutionalization of a monopoly of force ever be moral? The anarcho-capitalist libertarian says that it cannot, hence the government is no different than mafia — “criminal gang writ large”.

]]> By: Norman http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-3450 Norman Tue, 13 Apr 2010 04:18:00 +0000 http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/#comment-3450 @Jaired: There is long, respectable tradition of discussion regarding ethics of the use of force. The question for the libertarian is simply this: Can the institutionalization of a monopoly of force ever be moral? The anarcho-capitalist libertarian says that it cannot, hence the government is no different than mafia -- "criminal gang writ large". @Jaired: There is long, respectable tradition of discussion regarding ethics of the use of force. The question for the libertarian is simply this: Can the institutionalization of a monopoly of force ever be moral? The anarcho-capitalist libertarian says that it cannot, hence the government is no different than mafia — “criminal gang writ large”.

]]> By: Jaired http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-2118 Jaired Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:14:49 +0000 http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/#comment-2118 "If government, then criminal..." There is a very long, respectable(?) tradition of discussion about the purpose and role of government. All to no purpose? All a meaningless, futile, and the ultimate of off-base chasing after of the wind? And what is government, by the way? Is the forcing someone to behave properly ipso facto wrong? And what do you mean by criminal? "Crime" has no meaning outside of Law and Government. So then are we talking about morality? What amount of pressure against evil-doers is in iteslf evil-doing? “If government, then criminal…”

There is a very long, respectable(?) tradition of discussion about the purpose and role of government. All to no purpose? All a meaningless, futile, and the ultimate of off-base chasing after of the wind?

And what is government, by the way?

Is the forcing someone to behave properly ipso facto wrong?

And what do you mean by criminal? “Crime” has no meaning outside of Law and Government.

So then are we talking about morality?

What amount of pressure against evil-doers is in iteslf evil-doing?

]]> By: Jaired http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-3449 Jaired Tue, 13 Apr 2010 02:14:00 +0000 http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/#comment-3449 "If government, then criminal..." There is a very long, respectable(?) tradition of discussion about the purpose and role of government. All to no purpose? All a meaningless, futile, and the ultimate of off-base chasing after of the wind? And what is government, by the way? Is the forcing someone to behave properly ipso facto wrong? And what do you mean by criminal? "Crime" has no meaning outside of Law and Government. So then are we talking about morality? What amount of pressure against evil-doers is in iteslf evil-doing? “If government, then criminal…”

There is a very long, respectable(?) tradition of discussion about the purpose and role of government. All to no purpose? All a meaningless, futile, and the ultimate of off-base chasing after of the wind?

And what is government, by the way?

Is the forcing someone to behave properly ipso facto wrong?

And what do you mean by criminal? “Crime” has no meaning outside of Law and Government.

So then are we talking about morality?

What amount of pressure against evil-doers is in iteslf evil-doing?

]]> By: Norman http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-2115 Norman Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:05:10 +0000 http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/#comment-2115 Eventually this should be the default thought. If government, then criminal... Eventually this should be the default thought. If government, then criminal…

]]> By: Norman http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-3448 Norman Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:05:00 +0000 http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/#comment-3448 Eventually this should be the default thought. If government, then criminal... Eventually this should be the default thought. If government, then criminal…

]]> By: Christiana Horn http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-2113 Christiana Horn Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:48:11 +0000 http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/#comment-2113 This REALLY hit my funny bone. . . .but it's sad that it's so true. . . This REALLY hit my funny bone. . . .but it’s sad that it’s so true. . .

]]> By: Christiana Horn http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-3447 Christiana Horn Mon, 12 Apr 2010 02:48:00 +0000 http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/#comment-3447 This REALLY hit my funny bone. . . .but it's sad that it's so true. . . This REALLY hit my funny bone. . . .but it’s sad that it’s so true. . .

]]> By: Gavin Veasey http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-2110 Gavin Veasey Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:18:14 +0000 http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/#comment-2110 The government sector is always looking for new recruits. The government sector is always looking for new recruits.

]]> By: Gavin Veasey http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-3446 Gavin Veasey Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:18:00 +0000 http://libertarianchristians.com/2010/04/11/organized-crime/#comment-3446 The government sector is always looking for new recruits. The government sector is always looking for new recruits.

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