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| === Activist groups === | === Activist groups === |
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| | == Bakelblog.com == |
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| | //On this blog, I return frequently to the things I'm most passionate about — especially civil liberties — from a mostly libertarian point of view. That said, I hate doctrinarian thinking, so every once in a while I'll stray from the course and antagonize even my libertarian friends. Of course, my professional affiliations and long-suffering clients notwithstanding, the thoughts expressed here are mine alone, as are the inevitable typos and other glaring shortcomings. Speaking of which: if you catch a mistake, or a link that doesn't work, please e-mail me and I'll fix it. |
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| | I've borrowed the title "Nobody's Business" from a book that seriously influenced my political thinking: the late Peter McWilliams' "Ain't Nobody's Business If You Do" (the Billie Holiday song of that name isn't bad either). Peter's book is a great libertarian screed based on one simple idea: Consenting adults should not be arrested or punished unless they physically harm the person or property of a nonconsenting other. It's an especially powerful argument when you apply it to the War on Drugs that we've been fighting (and losing, no contest) for the better part of a century. Here's a quick overview of the book. If you want more, you can actually download the whole tome from the McWilliams site.// |
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| | http://www.bakelblog.com |
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| === Activist art === | === Activist art === |
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| http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/20797485/chinas_allseeing_eye | http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/20797485/chinas_allseeing_eye |
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| | === Libertarianism === |
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| | == Peter McWilliams, Ain't nobody's business if you do, 1996 == |
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| | //McWilliams marshals a vast army of anecdotes, quotes, statistics and assertions to argue that America would be a lot better off if we stopped using the force of law to save each other from drugs, alcohol, gambling, pornography, suicide and sex in its more exotic flavors.// - New York Times |
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| | //There's a huge difference between crime and sin - and the government has no business making the former out of the latter. At least, not in America.// - New York Newsday |
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| | //In witty, well-researched pages, McWilliams gives a series of compelling arguments to back up his contention that it's morally wrong to prosecute people for victimless crimes against morality.// - Detroit News |
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| | Download the entire book for free at http://mcwilliams.com/books/books/aint/ |
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| === Related nodes === | === Related nodes === |
| * [[Transparent society]] | * [[Transparent society]] |
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