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		<title>Comment on The Meaning of Competition by Julien Couvreur</title>
		<link>http://libertarianlonghorns.com/2009/12/07/competition-and-society/comment-page-1/#comment-232</link>
		<dc:creator>Julien Couvreur</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great explanation.

I read a similar and well-stated argument recently:
&quot;The &quot;benefits of competition&quot; - a phrase common in antitrust propaganda - are really the benefits of private property. The antitrust establishment tries to convince us otherwise. They claim competition comes first, and property rights must yield in the event of a conflict. &quot;
from http://blog.mises.org/archives/011608.asp</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great explanation.</p>
<p>I read a similar and well-stated argument recently:<br />
&#8220;The &#8220;benefits of competition&#8221; &#8211; a phrase common in antitrust propaganda &#8211; are really the benefits of private property. The antitrust establishment tries to convince us otherwise. They claim competition comes first, and property rights must yield in the event of a conflict. &#8221;<br />
from <a href="http://blog.mises.org/archives/011608.asp" rel="nofollow">http://blog.mises.org/archives/011608.asp</a></p>
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		<title>Comment on Vaccine Education Forum Video by Podcast: Live and Let Live Radio Interview &#124; LibertarianChristians.com</title>
		<link>http://libertarianlonghorns.com/2009/11/15/vaccine-forum-video/comment-page-1/#comment-169</link>
		<dc:creator>Podcast: Live and Let Live Radio Interview &#124; LibertarianChristians.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Students for Liberty Texas Conference 2009 by Podcast: Live and Let Live Radio Interview &#124; LibertarianChristians.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Students for Liberty Texas Conference 2009 by Students for Liberty Texas Conference 2009 &#124; Austrian Economics Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Students for Liberty Texas Conference 2009 by Students for Liberty Texas Conference 2009 &#171; LewRockwell.com Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Students for Liberty Texas Conference 2009 by Listen to the Students for Liberty Texas Conference LIVE on Saturday &#124; LibertarianChristians.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Students for Liberty Texas Conference 2009 by Listen to the Students for Liberty Texas Conference LIVE on Saturday &#8212; Libertarian Longhorns</title>
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		<dc:creator>Listen to the Students for Liberty Texas Conference LIVE on Saturday &#8212; Libertarian Longhorns</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Students for Liberty Texas Conference 2009 by Beyond The Broken Spectrum &#187; Blog Archive &#187; UT Hosting Statewide 2009 Students for Liberty Texas Conference</title>
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		<dc:creator>Beyond The Broken Spectrum &#187; Blog Archive &#187; UT Hosting Statewide 2009 Students for Liberty Texas Conference</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Texting Bans: Coming to a City Near You by Rusty</title>
		<link>http://libertarianlonghorns.com/2009/08/27/texting-bans-coming-to-a-city-near-you/comment-page-1/#comment-141</link>
		<dc:creator>Rusty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is not a libertarian idea - this is an anarchist idea. That individuals ought to have sovereignty within their personal sphere is not in question for the libertarian, but as a society, support for the idea of individual liberty requires the evaluation of the degree to which exercising individual discretion impacts the liberties of others - which we should cherish. 

I ought to be free to wildly swing my arms about, but doing so when walking near another individual raises the question, &quot;Is exercising my right to swing my arms wildly without coercion superior to the right of another individual not to be hit by those arms?&quot; The answer, of course, is no. 

We have to be wise enough to surmise that this extends to probabilities as well. Consuming alcohol and driving does not necessarily impede the rights of others, but the combination of the (1) degree to which the right of another that it impedes (the liberty to go unmaimed and uninjured by others...without consent) is superior to the right(s) being exercised (to drink yourself silly and to drive) and (2) the probability that that the right being exercised will jeopardize the far superior right, conspire to create a circumstance in which a libertarian ought to favor or at least consider the need for a law to protect the ability of individuals to freely exercise their individual liberty.

Libertarianism can&#039;t just be a knee-jerk aversion to laws - the non-arbitrary rule of law protects each of our abilities to operate independently in our own sphere. If texting while driving causes impairment of motor skills and vision to the extent that it poses a materially heightened probability of causing physical or material harm to another individual, the inferiority of your right to text to others&#039; rights not to have their car smashed by a 20-something in Daddy&#039;s Prius on an iPhone makes this law potentially compatible with a libertarian view. 

If your argument is simply that texting doesn&#039;t cause that danger, then make that argument, because it&#039;s a legitimate one, but it has zero, nada and zilch to do with the idea of liberty.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is not a libertarian idea &#8211; this is an anarchist idea. That individuals ought to have sovereignty within their personal sphere is not in question for the libertarian, but as a society, support for the idea of individual liberty requires the evaluation of the degree to which exercising individual discretion impacts the liberties of others &#8211; which we should cherish. </p>
<p>I ought to be free to wildly swing my arms about, but doing so when walking near another individual raises the question, &#8220;Is exercising my right to swing my arms wildly without coercion superior to the right of another individual not to be hit by those arms?&#8221; The answer, of course, is no. </p>
<p>We have to be wise enough to surmise that this extends to probabilities as well. Consuming alcohol and driving does not necessarily impede the rights of others, but the combination of the (1) degree to which the right of another that it impedes (the liberty to go unmaimed and uninjured by others&#8230;without consent) is superior to the right(s) being exercised (to drink yourself silly and to drive) and (2) the probability that that the right being exercised will jeopardize the far superior right, conspire to create a circumstance in which a libertarian ought to favor or at least consider the need for a law to protect the ability of individuals to freely exercise their individual liberty.</p>
<p>Libertarianism can&#8217;t just be a knee-jerk aversion to laws &#8211; the non-arbitrary rule of law protects each of our abilities to operate independently in our own sphere. If texting while driving causes impairment of motor skills and vision to the extent that it poses a materially heightened probability of causing physical or material harm to another individual, the inferiority of your right to text to others&#8217; rights not to have their car smashed by a 20-something in Daddy&#8217;s Prius on an iPhone makes this law potentially compatible with a libertarian view. </p>
<p>If your argument is simply that texting doesn&#8217;t cause that danger, then make that argument, because it&#8217;s a legitimate one, but it has zero, nada and zilch to do with the idea of liberty.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Texting Bans: Coming to a City Near You by Eric Morey</title>
		<link>http://libertarianlonghorns.com/2009/08/27/texting-bans-coming-to-a-city-near-you/comment-page-1/#comment-140</link>
		<dc:creator>Eric Morey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree as well, even though I hope those people who text and drive do not hit and kill people, it is bound to happen.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree as well, even though I hope those people who text and drive do not hit and kill people, it is bound to happen.</p>
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