At 08:03 PM 04/03/2001 -0700, Sandy Sandfort wrote:
So, do the participants of this list wish to actually get something done with regard to securing privacy, or shall we just spin our wheels in internecine warfare?
Well, we *could* act like good Libertarian party member and go for the internecine warfare (:-) As Kissinger once said, the reason academic politics is so vicious is because the stakes are so low, and that often applies to philosophically oriented parties, where it's calm rational Libertarians or loony Constitutionists or Trotskyites.... Jim Choate's characterization of Seth's opposition to Libertarianism isn't particularly precise or accurate, but Seth and Jim both do strongly disagree with various aspects of _L_ibertarian philosophy, _l_ibertarian philosophy and economics, and their adherents. Certainly if Libertarians can find reasons to passionately disagree with other libertarians and act like obsessive bull-headed kooks, non-Libertarians can do so as well :-) And if you're not sufficiently satisfied going after the level-headed mainstream academics like David Friedman, we'll be happy to find somebody out on the lunatic fringe to keep you occupied tweaking your favorite pet issues....