At 06:34 PM 7/31/96 -0400, John Brothers wrote:
Apparently Mr. Horowitz is one of the tiresome "legalize everything that doesn't offend me, ban everything else" libertarians. Here's a clue to a true libertarian thought process: You offend me, Mr. Horowitz. Your attitude by itself is enough to make my throat clench in distaste, but the fact that you call yourself a libertarian is exceptionally galling. From your e-mail, you show no understanding of what it means to be a libertarian, and libertarians are extremely ill-served by your preposterous claims. But I will defend to the death your right to make them.
I think we should all just try and get along. <G> Since there are no "public places" in a free society, none of this comes up because everyone will be in places were they are welcome. There will be many more kinds of places than the two ("public" and "private") we have now. Some will be wide open and some will be highly restricted with all gradations in between. DCF