Hello Stormi,
Good to know there are others out there fighting the battle and trying to illuminate.
Regards,
O.A.

The whole concept of civilism and statism in law is very complex. Usually, many countries have been driven by civilism and now are noticing the need of public law, condonning to it excess powers in order to "compensate" past mistakes. Civil Rights are a fundamental guarantee for the individual, and must be upheld always. We all know how dangerous it can be to drop these rights over to public laws, that can derive in statism and, well, the excessive control of a very few.

Nevertheless public law is also crucial, but only as a guarrantee against private abuse, which sometimes too tends to happen. But public law must be prior and only should be used as defense, not as an imposition. When the state begins to approve measures that demean citizens´ rights and seek rent from them, then excess is at hand. A guarantee is not a fine, and a fine should be noted as a contribution and not an obligation. A contribution that, as given, must also give to the contributor a return (receipt, right or credit). Fair is fair, that´s the way I see it.

"The Law" is one of my favorites. Our daughter read it in junior high school (at home) and told friends about it, then asked if we had copies to share. I was in the habit of buying such books in quantity (including "Anthem"), just to get kids to read. Anyone who wanted one, got a copy.
We have a Sheriff here who seems to be involved in the drug trade, and to up his profits apparently, has declared an intention to decriminalize drug use, ignoring the law.. He has ignored the plunder of the multi-hundred dollar a day cost per user that results is supported by the retailers and homeowners, whose stolen property funds those drug buys. He needs to be gone, and I have gone to writing letters to the editor protesting, within the law, his abusive decisions. I have the ear of city council now, and one editor. Luckily, we have an excellent, and lawful Chief of Police who is against this guy's self-indulgence.

Hello jsw225,
Thank you for providing a source/links for those who have not read this important work.
Respectfully,
O.A.

Hello illucio,
Yes. Equal opportunity is fair. Egalitarianism is inherently unfair to the productive. They are forced into servitude.
Respectfully,
O.A.

Hello Snezzy,
I agree. I contribute to charities and offer employment. This is how I help others. I would offer what help I could of my own free will, but for government or anyone else to demand and extort through force my benevolence is not benevolence. It is theft!
Regards,
O.A.

Hello Notperfect,
It should be required reading for High school civics, or social studies or whatever... the point is that it should be fresh in the minds of young voters when they come of age. Too few are taught anything but progressive statist claptrap nowadays.
Respectfully,
O.A.

Look at that! No typo! Cool.

Yes Bastiat was and is still a great read.

This one?
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x337wb_...

True enough. We do not share responsibility, but somehow enough of us do not exist to hold back the tide. I want to be here when the time comes to help pick up the pieces.

Your book (TGP) has the formula for success within. We must reinstate those principles.
Regards,
O.A.

"But how is this legal plunder to be identified? Quite simply. See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime. "

http://bastiat.org/en/the_law.html

http://dannesrepossessions.wordpress.com...

You go girl!

Think that's bad? I have a mild form of dyslexia which pops up now and then (several cousins have it also) so I must go over everything I write very carefully or grammatical errors, misspellings and spoonerisms abound. "I'm not as drunk as some theeple pink I am."

I will not stop you from helping them, nor from asking others to join in with you.

This is not idle talk. If you do not already contribute to the Salvation Army, then you probably should. They are one of the best charities that I know.

As an atheist I do not much support religion, but I think the SA are just fine. If all government welfare were ended (we can hope!) then the Salvation Army would be one of the first to step in and take over.

Drop money into the bell-ringer's red bucket every Christmas!

:-)

It didn't work :-(

Power is more addictive and soul destroying than any other human vice.

That was a great article, but I take issue with your post. We have not allowed evil to flourish. That implies some sort of collective guilt for those of us who have oppose legalized plunder, but have only our arguments against their guns. We will continue the fight in the best ways we know how (as you know I write novels and have a website). Ultimately, if our arguments do not carry the day, reality will. Coercion and plunder are not durable bases for government, which is why they all have failed. When ours does, we will be in a position to propose and fight for a government subordinated to the protection of liberty and individual rights, a moral government.

he's not that nice-you're headed into DD tomorrow. cuz your topic is what we like to see here, OA!

Thank you administrator, for correcting my typo. You guys are the best!
Regards,
O.A.

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w.youtube.com/watch?v=iOikQWAL8qc