Comments on: You’re Not Free http://livinguptomyname.com/2010/05/13/youre-not-free/ or how I started living my values Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:22:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rich http://livinguptomyname.com/2010/05/13/youre-not-free/comment-page-1/#comment-732 Rich Fri, 21 May 2010 04:06:32 +0000 http://livinguptomyname.com/?p=398#comment-732 This blog has been on somewhat of a hiatus, but it helps motivate me to see I actually have readers. This blog has been on somewhat of a hiatus, but it helps motivate me to see I actually have readers.

]]> By: Cheryl http://livinguptomyname.com/2010/05/13/youre-not-free/comment-page-1/#comment-730 Cheryl Mon, 17 May 2010 12:48:24 +0000 http://livinguptomyname.com/?p=398#comment-730 Someone of Facebook argued with me about this at length. She said that if I'm not willing to go to jail for my anarchist beliefs, then I'm a coward. Never mind that my main belief is that I should be around for my children. Apparently children don't matter, except as abstractions whose rights lie somewhere in the future, if anywhere. I just came in from FDR, looking for FDR blogs that are still active. I'm finding a lot that aren't, so I am happy to find one that is. (That being said, I haven't been very successful at keeping one going over the years, either.) Someone of Facebook argued with me about this at length. She said that if I’m not willing to go to jail for my anarchist beliefs, then I’m a coward. Never mind that my main belief is that I should be around for my children. Apparently children don’t matter, except as abstractions whose rights lie somewhere in the future, if anywhere.

I just came in from FDR, looking for FDR blogs that are still active. I’m finding a lot that aren’t, so I am happy to find one that is. (That being said, I haven’t been very successful at keeping one going over the years, either.)

]]> By: FormingDeath http://livinguptomyname.com/2010/05/13/youre-not-free/comment-page-1/#comment-728 FormingDeath Sun, 16 May 2010 04:13:37 +0000 http://livinguptomyname.com/?p=398#comment-728 Starts with your personal relationships... fine... then what? The math is pretty clear that Statists are out breeding you. If you have a better answer let me know... However to me it seems civil disobedience is one of the most effective ways of "awaking" people to the fact that Government is force. Maybe its different for you... but I don't see myself talking to Lockeans who believe in the Social Contract or that force is necessary to establish a free society. What I see is a bunch of people living in a strange delusion that governmental action involves rainbows and lollipops. Starts with your personal relationships… fine… then what? The math is pretty clear that Statists are out breeding you. If you have a better answer let me know…

However to me it seems civil disobedience is one of the most effective ways of “awaking” people to the fact that Government is force. Maybe its different for you… but I don’t see myself talking to Lockeans who believe in the Social Contract or that force is necessary to establish a free society. What I see is a bunch of people living in a strange delusion that governmental action involves rainbows and lollipops.

]]> By: Jad http://livinguptomyname.com/2010/05/13/youre-not-free/comment-page-1/#comment-727 Jad Fri, 14 May 2010 17:37:03 +0000 http://livinguptomyname.com/?p=398#comment-727 I'm ambivalent on the matter of civil disobedience. One of the more interesting arguments I've heard (a few months ago, not sure where--maybe the civil disobedience roundtable): Civil disobedience is an acknowledgment that the state is something other than a violent gang or a collection of thugs. No one promotes civil disobedience against the mob. I’m ambivalent on the matter of civil disobedience. One of the more interesting arguments I’ve heard (a few months ago, not sure where–maybe the civil disobedience roundtable): Civil disobedience is an acknowledgment that the state is something other than a violent gang or a collection of thugs. No one promotes civil disobedience against the mob.

]]> By: Jason McLaughlin http://livinguptomyname.com/2010/05/13/youre-not-free/comment-page-1/#comment-726 Jason McLaughlin Fri, 14 May 2010 03:57:20 +0000 http://livinguptomyname.com/?p=398#comment-726 An atheist amen to that, brother. An atheist amen to that, brother.

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