tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post116858951318863856..comments2023-11-06T00:01:30.085+13:00Comments on New Zeal: Drug Freeland 4 Freeing up Accident InsuranceTrevor Loudonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17040453691836232676noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1173518046337048482007-03-10T22:14:00.000+13:002007-03-10T22:14:00.000+13:00Hey, What is it with girls fighting? BigMike g...Hey, <BR/> <BR/>What is it with girls fighting? <BR/> <BR/>BigMike <BR/> <BR/> <BR/><A HREF="gross-videos.com" REL="nofollow">gross-videos.com</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1168679395030573972007-01-13T22:09:00.000+13:002007-01-13T22:09:00.000+13:00Thanks for the clarification. Now I see where you'...Thanks for the clarification. Now I see where you're coming from and this series of posts is making much more sense. :-)Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04193273919067123296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1168641833714361672007-01-13T11:43:00.000+13:002007-01-13T11:43:00.000+13:00I can understand your concerns Richard.This is my ...I can understand your concerns Richard.<BR/><BR/>This is my view.<BR/><BR/>We live in a socialist society, with restrictions everywhere.<BR/><BR/>We want to elimininate those restrictions, but can only do that legislatively, if public opinion is at least partially on our side.<BR/><BR/>Public opinion will possibly tolerate lower taxes, school choice, less bureaucracy etc and maybe.. just maybe, marijuana legalisation.<BR/><BR/>What do we promote first?<BR/><BR/>While I immensely regret that drugs were ever prohibited, that fact is that they were and many people support that.<BR/><BR/>If we legalised all drugs, tomorrow, I think the ensuing surge in use would cause a public backlash against ALL our causes.<BR/><BR/>The other factor to consider, is many libertarians poor understanding of the consequences of libertarian policies.<BR/><BR/>In a true libertarian society there would be heaps of pressures against drug use, many of which would be more effective than state prohibition.<BR/><BR/>I didn't entitle the article "Drug Freeland" for nothing.Trevor Loudonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040453691836232676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18947592.post-1168607510015300402007-01-13T02:11:00.000+13:002007-01-13T02:11:00.000+13:00Part 4 of the Drug Freeland trilogy! Bring it on!P...Part 4 of the Drug Freeland trilogy! Bring it on!<BR/><BR/>Picking up <A HREF="http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2007/01/drug-freeland-part-3-abuser-pays.html#c116859659624583822" REL="nofollow">where we left off</A> in Part 3... MikeE says<BR/><BR/><I>Lets assume that Trevor does have an unnatural hatred of all things drug related. He still advocates the legalisation of drugs and personal ownership of ones body. What is wrong with that.</I><BR/><BR/>What's wrong is that Trevor's advocacy of drug legalisation doesn't ring true. It doesn't ring true because there are so many strings attached to the drug legalisation Trevor is advocating that it is unlikely ever to come to pass. And Trevor knows this. In the trade, we call this "disingenuity".<BR/><BR/>I'll repeat myself. The idea that we must restore parental authority over children... and reform the health system... and now free up accident insurance - and do all these things before we legalise drugs - is pernicious!<BR/><BR/>I'm in complete agreement with Trevor that we should take all these measures, but none of them constitutes a necessary condition for drug legalisation.<BR/><BR/>Suppose that I choose to cook up some "P" for my own personal use, and that some people down the road who I don't even know aren't good parents. Apparently, under these circumstances, Trevor thinks I should be sent to prison.<BR/><BR/>That's not what I call libertarianism.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04193273919067123296noreply@blogger.com