Reply To: General thought on old coal mines.

[Brian H]

Rezwan wrote:
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Really? You feel safe because the police and armed forces are protecting you? I thought you were more, y’know…you surprise me.

Aren’t the “social planning betters” the ones calling the shots of the armed forces and police? Don’t the police and army represent the States’ monopoly right to violence? Brian, you’re shaking my faith! What happened to you. Thought you were a John Lott fan.

So I’m the only one advocating personal responsibility here? 2nd Amendment anyone? I think people need to get better at resolving their own conflicts rather than outsourcing and escalating upward to the benevolent state police and army.

And yo: You lack imagination. The quote does not preclude private armies. Of which this country has a long and glorious tradition.

And of course I can revel in whatever fantasy I want. Like you have any say.

Since my post was a mixture of humor and seriousness, I guess I shouldn’t complain when it was so seriously misconstrued.

But it is true we have very different political and global-social pholosophies. Let’s leave it at that.