25 years ago."One [Red Cross] official says, 'It's wrong to buy and sell blood like cabbages.' Maybe. Of course, there never seems to be any shortage of cabbages." Bill Birmingham, "Quickies" "The hippie has the right to take marijuana, walk naked on the beach, and have his own sex without anybody interfering, hasn't he? Isn't that just what libertarianism libertarianism Political philosophy that stresses personal liberty. Libertarians believe that individuals should have complete freedom of action, provided their actions do not infringe on the freedom of others. is all about?" Moshe Kroy, "Marketing Libertarianism" "Most [of us] would applaud the recent court ruling... that cars near the Mexican border may not be stopped and searched by police just because they contain people with Spanish faces." John Hospers John Hospers (born 9 June 1918) is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California. Hospers earned advanced degrees from the University of Iowa and Columbia University and taught in the fields of philosophy and aesthetics. , "Getting From Here to There" "Block defends the right of deviant deviant /de·vi·ant/ (de´ve-int) 1. varying from a determinable standard. 2. a person with characteristics varying from what is considered standard or normal. de·vi·ant adj. but nonaggressive individuals to engage in voluntary activities with no political restriction....When we see that his "heroes" also include counterfeiters, blackmailers, and male chauvinist pigs male chauvinist pig denigrating designation for a man who treats women as inferiors. [Am. Pop. Culture: Misc.] See : Chauvinism , however, we begin to suspect that something peculiar is going on." Sharon Presley Sharon Presley is a libertarian and individualist anarchist feminist writer and activist and a psychology professor. She was one of the co-founders of the first national libertarian organization of the new libertarian movement, the Alliance of Libertarian Activists, in 1966 , reviewing Walter Block's Defending the Undefendable |
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