-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- "Josh M. Osborne" <stripes@va.pubnix.com> writes: <snip>

Even if we were in a more libertarian society you run the risk of being boycotted by potential customers (of corse the analagy breaks down somewhat, in a very libertarian society oyu might be able to run a profatable ISP selling to the very nich market of people who want to threten, harass, or generally make a nuicence of themselves).

As the list's designated "very libertarian" advocate, I must object. Here is what you must sign to become a member of the Libertarian Party: "I hereby certify that I do not believe in or advocate the initiation of force as a means of achieving political or social goals." Libertarian Pledge required for membership. <signature>___________________________. To "to threten, harass, or generally make a nuicence"[SIC] of himself, one must violate this pledge, and there would no-doubt still be legal results. This points up the difference between libertaria (not utopia) and anarchy. Anything _DOESN'T_ go in libertaria. If you see a victim, there's almost certainly a crime, and if someone chose to threaten, harass, etc. me, I would want it so. Of course, there are exceptions. For example: If I join a mailing list which sometimes "harasses" me due to insufficient spell-checking/proof-reading of certain posts, there might still be the common-law defense that Jim Ray "came to the nuisance," and therefore I am still not due any compensation.<g> I can always unsubscribe, and some people probably wish I would. ;) [NOTE: IANAL!] JMR <snip> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 Comment: Freedom isn't Freeh iQCVAwUBME8RWm1lp8bpvW01AQHXVgP9GsUelVcy4BFo/qt+Gm2JqdaHOlGUAvnP eFWXXT7hhzuC5Lz7vdBOb7itNGVahOVmDWPZxAbGJd/sJtd7YAfn4I8uMCiFieXZ dG7atBLLB66tBcsLYq/gXABHg2Z+MMojTf8A5XXCdqCJl4KoeaVckOEnKjR6uoCE Q9WrJiykH8Y= =xdDV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Regards, Jim Ray "As sensitive and broad-minded humans, we must never allow ourselves to be in any way judgmental of the religious practices of other people, even when these people clearly are raving space loons." -- Dave Barry ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PGP key Fingerprint 51 5D A2 C3 92 2C 56 BE 53 2D 9C A1 B3 50 C9 C8 Key id. # E9BD6D35 James M. Ray <liberty@gate.net> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Support Phil! email zldf@clark.net or see http://www.netresponse.com/zldf ________________________________________________________________________