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To: dcwusmc
It really depends what you mean.

"Anyone who believes in using the power of the State to control, in any way, the non-coercive, voluntary behavior of other people. You, for example."

People viewing child porn is "non-coercive, voluntary behavior". If you are asking if I think child porn should be banned by the States, yes, I do.

So it really does depend on what you mean. Am I a utopianist, quasi-religious "libertarian"? No. Do I think the government has no business indocrinating our kids through public schools or passing "hate" laws, or using the interstate commerce clause to get in everyone's business? No.

A conservative is already a libertarian. If anyone wants to go something further, it really depends what they mean.
83 posted on 05/21/2009 2:42:19 AM PDT by chuck_the_tv_out (click my name)
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To: chuck_the_tv_out

Child porn is NOT non-coercive by its nature. It involves real kids who are incapable of giving informed consent to what happens to them. That is a bad example.

“Do you favor the current war on some drugs?” would be a better question, for the use of mind-altering substances IS a voluntary act. If one is over 18, the age when someone may enter into contracts, join the service, etc., there is no other issue involved. So, do you favor the current trashing of the Constitution in the name of protecting folks from themselves, AKA the war on some drugs?


89 posted on 05/21/2009 10:58:10 AM PDT by dcwusmc (We need to make government so small that it can be drowned in a bathtub.)
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