Posted on 03/14/2009 5:26:29 PM PDT by Dada Orwell
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Author Mary Ruwart, PhD, has just defeated the biggest name in pro-freedom politics. But don't worry, Ron Paul won't be leaving office anytime soon - only his publication has been bested. Dr. Ruwart's "Healing Our World" has narrowly vanquished Dr. Paul bestseller "The Revolution: A Manifesto." It wins FreedomBookClub.com's first annual "Book of the Year" award for 2008.
"Ruwart's book is a tremendous achievement," says Jeremy Furbish, who runs Freedom Book Club: "It shows how we hurt ourselves when we aggress against our neighbors through the guns of government."
"Healing" lays out a pro-liberty vision, describing how society *could* look if we were to remove the initiation of force...the force of taxation, of victimless crime laws, of aggressive warfare and gun control. Furbish says its emotional impact tipped the scales in a tight race between the two books for first place. Furbish says he was especially moved by the book's afterward. In it Ruwart outlines government's role in damaging her sister's health.
"I actually wept when I read this section," he says.
Dying of cancer, Ruwart's sister ultimately turned to Jack "Dr. Death" Kevorkian, who illegally helped her end her life.
Dr. Ruwart grew up in Michigan and holds a Ph.D from Michigan State University in biophysics (1974). She worked as a pharmaceutical researcher for over twenty years and serves on the board of ISIL, the International Society for Individual Liberty. She's also a Fully Informed Jury Association activist, working to help remind jurors of their right to ignore judge's instructions when rendering a verdict. In 2008 she ran for the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination but lost to Georgia congressman Bob Barr.
Other books considered for the prize: "How Capitalism Saved America," by Thomas J. DiLorenzo; "Empire of Debt," by William Bonner and Addison Wiggin, "A Foreign Policy of Freedom," by Dr. Paul...and a lone fictional tite: F. Paul Wilson's "By the Sword."
"Healing" has sold out twice on Amazon.com. The book's currently available in three editions, each one updated for its times. The 2003 version won this award and is available at Amazon. The first (1993) edition is downloadable for free at:
http://Ruwart.com/Healing
To weigh in on next year's contest head to http://FreedomBookClub.com
And not at the point of a gun.
The only way to “remove the initiation of force” would be if there were no more bad people left in the world.
Until then, the idea is moot, unless you think the weak and helpless, the Constitution, and the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and private property should not be defended.
As long as evil exists, good men will have to stand up and act like real men. And sometimes, that means the use of violence in defense of all you hold dear.
And peace through strength is still the best deterrence to evil there is.
So, when will there actually be either a revolution or a civil war throughout the U.S. that seriously and successfully results in a political comeback by “non-leftists”, if ever?
“The only way to “remove the initiation of force” would be if there were no more bad people left in the world.
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As long as evil exists, good men will have to stand up and act like real men. And sometimes, that means the use of violence in defense of all you hold dear.”
Apparently you do not understand the difference between the “initiation” of force and “the use of force for defense.” There is no moral justification for the initiation of force, and there is no moral justification for any limitation of the use of force in defense against anyone who does initiate it, including a government. There is no moral justification for a government initiating the use of force—to collect taxes, or to force people not to produce or consume products, or prevent people from living as they choose so long as they do not initiate force, for example.
Hank
Stay tuned....
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