No Coercion

Comment from Kelly
Time: May 20, 2008, 2:24 pm

bring. it. on.

Comment from Darren
Time: May 20, 2008, 10:32 pm

Oh, I will.

Comment from Kelly
Time: May 21, 2008, 12:09 am

Will you be discussing how our wonderful president is not support the new GI Bill or his giving up golf for the families of war casualties or how the Republican talking-heads don’t know their historical facts or the huge joke that the Democratic party has become because Hillary just won’t face reality?

Comment from Darren
Time: May 21, 2008, 4:43 am

Hmm…I’ll have to look into the whole GI Bill thing, but naturally I have some pretty non-coercive ideas about how to compensate veterans for their service. I’m not sure what you’re referring to with Bush giving up golf or Republicans not knowing historical facts, so you’ll have to give me the details. And I wouldn’t waste my time talking about the authoritarian anachronism known as the Democratic Party.

Comment from Anne Onymous
Time: June 11, 2008, 3:48 pm

I wouldn’t call the Dems an anachronism. That “honor” belongs to the GOP. So does the “authoritarian” tag.

How about this: soldiers who serve our country (often for tuition money) deserve quality medical care and a chance to attend college. Or is it “coercive” to suggest this?

Comment from Darren
Time: June 15, 2008, 11:48 am

Good point, any party that is based on the initiation of force to achieve their goals is anachronistic–that includes the Dems, GOP, Greens, Constitution Party, and most others. To my knowledge, the Libertarian Party is the only one based on the non-initiation of force principle.

As for soldiers (or sailors, or airmen, or Marines) ‘deserving’ a certain level of medical care and a chance to attend college (by which I assume you mean tax payer money to attend college since everyone has a chance to attend), I actually do find it a tad coercive to suggest that. No one ever–EVER–deserves the forcibly confiscated wealth of someone who did not initiate force against them. A better, non-coercive way to compensate members of the armed forces would be for them to force (through some sort of legal system–a private one in my ideal world) the politicians and officials who put them in harm’s way to turn over their own wealth and property to the veterans. I’m sure there are other non-coercive options, but that’s just one I randomly thought of the other day.

Comment from Joey
Time: July 3, 2008, 7:21 pm

Hope you return soon. There’s plenty to get pissed off about.