Killing the G8 Anarchists

[Declan McCullagh]

On Sat, Jul 21, 2001 at 10:37:48AM -0700, Morlock Elloi wrote:
> Cato is the first place that I visit when curious about the current agenda of
> the unique mix of libertarian/new world order propaganda.

So instead of responding to the text of the article, you rant about the
author. That's intellectual integrity about on the level of many of
those anti-property rights protests.

> Translating protesters' agenda to "anti-property" *is* pure propaganda designed
> to scare god-fearing middle class cypherpunks that somehow they will lose some
> of their property should G8 protesters seize the world government (BTW, it

The problem is that the protesters have no coherent message. Take this
bit of silliness:
http://www.mccullagh.org/image/10/breastfeeding-is-your-right.html

Does anyone really think that breastfeeding is a right anytime,
anywhere?  Don't I have a right to tell someone to leave my home if
they're doing it at a gathering I'm hosting on my property? (I
wouldn't, but that's not the point.)

> As the word "communist" loses its strength new words are needed to instill
> fear, and "anti-property" is a nice catchall. It's all in the language. 

Yep. And it's also pretty accurate. The protesters have no coherent message,
but a disdain for property rights is about as close as they come to one.

-Declan