[Sovereignty v. global justice [was... Mohammed gets Miranda]]

[Jim Choate]

On 21 Feb 2001, D.Popkin wrote:

> Not a misnomer, a redundancy.  All nation-states are criminal.  Honig
> had it straight:

> Non-consensual interaction is what nation-states /do/.  They supplant
> peaceful personal choice with political dictate, regardless of any
> consent by the person.  Epluribus unum, and all that.
> 
> Has your neighbor consented to delegate her authority to your nation-
> state?  Was she even asked?
> 
> I didn't think so.

Ok, what is your suggested solution? How would you create a system that
not only protected your personal liberty and freedom of choice but would
also protect you against attack from others who are threatened by your
simple existance? By people that would throw you out of a ballpark simply
because you and your lesbian lover kissed, while not objecting to hetero
familiar displays?

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