Subject: Re: [lpny_manhattan] Re: it was Libertarians who knocked me off the ballot inthe last mayor's election Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2003 13:47:39 -0500 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 02:16:13 -0500, Blay Tarnoff wrote: >=A0Based on those facts alone, does a libertarian government have= the >=A0authority to imprison him, fine him, or otherwise interfere= with his >=A0activity for having threatened to initiate force against= Macy's? =A0I >=A0don't think so, and I think this scenario is analogous to a= hopeless >=A0non-libertarian unknown running for political office. How about this : http://reuters.us.ed10.net/h/6VNVV/M9VXZ/FW/P3AGC Protests Greet Sentence for Bush Hate Mail / November 21, 2003= 11:31 AM ET LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenian human rights activists on Friday= condemned a court's decision to sentence a man for "terrorist"= crimes for sending hate e-mail to President Bush. His defense was that he was drunk , which , he being Slovanian ,= was undoubtedly true . On the central issue , politics is the hardest ball game .= Individuals throw themselves in the ring voluntarily . The rules allow= challenges . There is nothing "un-libertarian" about using them . That said , I continue to think Bernie is mis-informed about the= individuals who challenged him being Libertarians . The only possibility is= that they were associates of Kenny Kramer , not the regular crowd . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Computing Environment : =A0http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm Restore our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/11/22 1:34:22 PM