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Dead Constitution See other Dead Constitution Articles Title: Teaching Freedom Early? Written by Wilton D. Alston Prompted by school officials who apparently wanted a shorter and more quiet graduation ceremony, seven students were arrested for cheering for friends and family members at a high school graduation. As I prowl the Internet, looking for a juicy pseudo-fascist nugget upon which to pounce, I am often struck by the sheer volume of unmitigated barking lunacy masquerading as "rule of law" imposed by some group of people under the pretext of "doing what's right" or whatever. Admittedly, as a market anarchist — a person convinced that the operation of the free market in combination with the basic truths of human action will result in a peaceful, just, affluent society — I'm very likely a little more, well, open-minded regarding what behavior should or should not be controlled. It's not that I am suggesting that we, as a society, just "let her rip" and hope for the best. It's just that I figure that the great Bob Higgs is correct when he opines, in his seminal treatise, "If Men Were Angels: The Basic Analytics of the State versus Self-Government" that: Nevertheless, just because one can take an action does not automatically make that action just, appropriate, or in fact, sensible. While I might be justified in asking a visitor to leave my home for infringing upon one of my household rules — wearing shoes in the kitchen for example — shooting him, or cutting off his foot would still be outside the realm of "reasonable and customary" behavior. One need not necessarily debate the location of this point, i.e., exactly what is reasonable and customary, since any stable society generally exists with a shared understanding of such constructs. (These "focal point[s] for each person’s expectation of what the other expects him to expect to be expected to do" were named for economist Thomas Schelling and are referred to as "Schelling points" in game theory.) The basic point to be made here is this: Does anyone really think that hand-cuffing and jailing a person for cheering at graduation is a "reasonable and customary" punishment? What's next, canings for throwing your mortarboard? We must protect the sanctity of the ungraduated! Methinks the "gestapo" is getting a little frisky. Returning to the article we find: Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 10.
#1. To: farmfriend (#0)
Learn to OBEY, citizen! When will you ever learn? Perhaps a nice Tasing will bring you correct. Lord, help us.
in a way, it seems ironically approriate to be arrested for clapping for someone who just finished 12 yrs of socialist govt indoctrination at a govt school. ;-) yesterday, my neighbor called the cops to report someone had broke his window and tried to get in his house. the cops then arrested him, he had some traffic tickets he had neglected to pay and had warrants. ha ha, i couldn't help but laugh, not because i find joy in it, but just because its so sick & ridiculous. i told his wife, 'i guess that's what you get for caling the cops eh?'.
It's a sick, sick country we have here.
It's time for us to give anarchy a chance.
I don't want anarchy. I want a full restoration of the rule of law, Constitutional law, law founded on inborn rights not supplied by the government.
As the most excellent report from the RNC showed us, there is no plan from the rulers to restore squat to us - just more rules, regulations, and laws to make us all criminals.
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