5 Reasons the Pro-freedom Movement Is in Trouble
At 1:09 PM -0400 10/15/01, Gail Lightfoot
Dear Matt,
No matter how reasonable an individuals philosophy of living may be, they will still succumb to emotionalism from time to time.
. And Ohio's LP director stating that: "I personally have no
And succumb they do.
We now have these examples of alleged freedom advocates making the
following non-freedom remarks.
1.) Reason Magazine Contributing Editor Cathy Young advocating
banning encryption stating that: "Do I like the idea of people being
able to encrypt electronic communications so that they are beyond
surveillance? Frankly, I found it scary even before Sept. 11 -
precisely because of the threat of terrorism. It is said that there
are no atheists in foxholes; perhaps there are no true libertarians
in times of terrorist attacks. Even in the Declaration of
Independence, the right to liberty is preceded by the right to life."
http://www.reason.com/cy/cy092401.html
2.) Ivan Eland
From: GkLtft@aol.com Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 13:09:20 EDT Subject: Re: What's Wrong With Objectivism? To: freematt@coil.com
Dear Matt,
No matter how reasonable an individuals philosophy of living may be, they will still succumb to emotionalism from time to time.
For instance, Libertarians (many of whom - like me - consider themselves to be Objectivists) oppose the use of force for political ends, yet we may recognize the need to use force to append individuals who advocate the use of such force. In fact, a Libertarian government has the sole responsibility to use force against those who would use force for their own gain.
In the face of the horrific events of Sept 11, 2001, it is not really very surprising to hear normally rational people speak out with emotion instead of reason. The key is will they give up their reason for emotion over time. Check back with the individual as time passes and see what they say then.
I am somewhat encouraged to note it was not David Kelley who wrote words of encouragement to those who think an ID card is an effective way to stem any illegal activity. If such a card could, the wisest move would be to give them to criminals not the rest of us. Maybe a tattoo on the forehead. :)
Perhaps some satire and silly ideas on the subject of ID cards will bring Robbins to his senses.
Liberty, gail lightfoot California Libertarian
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