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Comments on Comments #21

July 20, 2008

shiva left a comment on Violence and Vandalism are Not Solutions, I agreed with Mike Gogulski who said that vandalizing property is counterproductive to the cause of liberty. Mike said that it was possible that people were lawfully evicted from the properties to make way for condominium development, since de facto eviction occurs whenever a […]

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Errors & Omissions #1: Another Isolated Incident

July 15, 2008

In response to Another Isolated Incident, 1955Design comments:
I am confused. The link you refer us to reports only about a suspect who was *apprehended* by the police, not killed by them.
Am I missing something?
Yes and no.
Yahoo!News was missing something. The headline I clicked on via Yahoo! said something like, “Burglary Suspect in Houston Dies […]

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Another Isolated Incident

July 14, 2008

[Edit: please see Errors & Omissions #1 - the source article from Yahoo! refers to a non-lethal June incident,although there was a lethal taser-related incident in Houston on or about July 14, 2008.]

Another death by taser (the “non-lethal” taser) in Houston.
The burglarly suspect attempted to ditch his crack-pipe while fleeing the police. That move […]

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Comments #18

June 21, 2008

Gilligans Corner has an interesting post: Gresham’s Law Only Works Because of State Violence. I like to see other people who recognize this as fact. I’ve been working on some comprehensive post(s) on money and banking in a free market, and I find that a lot of really smart people think that Gresham’s […]

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Posted in: Legalese, ponderings, Blog Reactions, American Politics, gold bugging, Police State, Property Rights | 1 Comment