How would you go about reforming slavery, given all the problems it currently presents us?
This precisely duplicates the utter pointlessness and immorality of
asking how to “reform” any government program that goes beyond
defending our individual rights.
One cannot “reform”
government-controlled education.
One cannot “reform”
government-controlled health care.
One cannot “reform”
government-controlled insurance.
One cannot “reform”
government-controlled welfare.
One cannot “reform”
government-controlled victim disarmament.
One cannot “reform”
government-controlled laws, regulations,
departments, controls, agencies, bureaus or anything else that — by its
very nature and existence — is a violation of a person’s right to
control his or her life, decisions, responsibility, money, or property.
My life belongs to me, and only to me.
My property belongs to me, and only to me.
My money belongs to me, and only to me.
Anything — and I mean
anything — that initiates direct or indirect violence/coercion against otherwise peaceful adults is a violation of rights.
Anything — and I mean
anything — that seeks to prevent peaceful, voluntary interaction among consenting adults is a violation of rights.
Anything — and I mean
anything — that that interferes
with freedom of association, freedom of expression, freedom of
self-defense involving only the lives and property of consenting
individuals is a violation of rights.
Arguing about how much of one’s neighbors’ lives and money it is
permissible to steal is nothing more than a variation on the question
of how much is it permissible to enslave other, peaceable individuals.
First acknowledge that you are, indeed, in favor of enslaving other
people. Then we can discuss what is truly at stake in all these issues.

UPDATE:
I originally posted a variation of the above on the ABC.com John
Stossel message board. Within hours, it was deleted. Gee. I wonder why?
Did I state anything that was not the truth? No. Did I commit any
logical fallacies? No. Did I engage in any
ad hominem attack? No.
Oh, wait. The problem was I
did state the truth. When the truth
hits too closely to home, I guess it “offends” some people. After all,
the immoral don’t relish having someone hold up a mirror to reflect
their destructive behavior.
(from
Don't Get Me Started!,3-06-08)
