tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post1644473008253191469..comments2024-01-28T00:20:40.933-08:00Comments on Agoraphilia: Anarchy ReboundUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-9301186507674621292007-08-16T11:51:00.000-07:002007-08-16T11:51:00.000-07:00Obviously I don't speak for Dr. Whitman, but it se...Obviously I don't speak for Dr. Whitman, but it seems to me that there's a pretty serious difference between this position:<BR/><BR/><I>We're never going to stop people from punching other people, so stop trying to convince people otherwise--and get back to the punching!</I><BR/><BR/>and this one:<BR/><BR/><I>We're never going to completely eliminate both punching and shooting, so stop trying to eliminate punching: you're just going to increase shooting!</I><BR/><BR/>which is to say that even if anarchy is the best possibility except for being unstable, it likely evolves not into a nice second-best choice (minarchy, I guess, by this logic), but into a nearly-the-worst choice (some form of tyranny).Ranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01369980917358096502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-63246936305987193072007-08-15T19:46:00.000-07:002007-08-15T19:46:00.000-07:00Would you mind explaining the distinction between ...Would you mind explaining the distinction between your position and this one:<BR/><BR/><I>We're never going to stop people from punching other people, so stop trying to convince people otherwise--and get back to the punching!</I><BR/><BR/>How is a thing's unsustainability possibly an argument "against" it--or its desirability?Einzigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06406227217230727209noreply@blogger.com