tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33774205.post5724947500053712395..comments2024-03-22T18:55:24.477-05:00Comments on Kent's "Hooligan Libertarian" Blog: Don't care about fake laws, crimesKent McManigalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05005964583189815410noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33774205.post-38707402874203335892022-11-24T18:44:03.901-06:002022-11-24T18:44:03.901-06:00Who's going to apply it? The political crimina...Who's going to apply it? The political criminals who benefit are the very ones who would have to apply it to themselves and their cronies. <br /><br />I'd rather break the cycle by starving them of the money they were shifting around by getting rid of "taxes". No new "law" is required to do this, just stop enforcing or obeying the current "laws" that create "taxation".<br /><br />Even in cases of things like murder, I see no point in making it against the law. No legislation is required for you to have the right to defend yourself from an attacker. Any "law" is likely to protect the attacker from your justified actions. "Laws" are a net negative.Kent McManigalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005964583189815410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33774205.post-14392523941316978122022-11-19T23:14:53.584-06:002022-11-19T23:14:53.584-06:00Here is something to think about. You probably he...Here is something to think about. You probably heard about the uber-corrupt billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried. Get this- Ukraine invested in his company, he donated heavily to Democrats, Democrats in Congress voted to send billions in aid to Ukraine, who then again invested in Bankman-Fried's company, who donated heavily to Democrats again...you see the pattern. If American gets drawn into the Russian-Ukrainian War, this could be a reason why. Shouldn't the law apply here?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33774205.post-49051876531889111182022-10-21T08:37:35.963-05:002022-10-21T08:37:35.963-05:00And those are the things that should be looked int...And those are the things that should be looked into. But since those are the things that would implicate his father, those are the things that probably won't be.Kent McManigalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005964583189815410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33774205.post-59061076173206481672022-10-20T22:37:50.669-05:002022-10-20T22:37:50.669-05:00With regard to Hunter Biden, it goes deeper than b...With regard to Hunter Biden, it goes deeper than being a hedonist junkie. He's gotten no-show jobs from foreign governments which want something from the American taxpayer. I suspect that Hunter is a bag man and fall guy for his father.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33774205.post-84532295716894767972022-10-12T13:19:18.100-05:002022-10-12T13:19:18.100-05:00I've written them *several* columns outlining ...I've written them *several* columns outlining that a real crime requires an individual victim, and that government or society can't be that victim. <br /><br />However, I also realize that the chances that a reader of today's column read (or remembers) a previous column is probably zero. <br /><br />It's one of the frustrations of writing the newspaper column. I feel like I have to start from square one for each column. I wish I had a solution for that.<br /><br />No offense taken, it's just something that has been a problem to me from the first.Kent McManigalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005964583189815410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33774205.post-49901415756348243042022-10-12T12:49:32.042-05:002022-10-12T12:49:32.042-05:00This was no failure, sir. You were correct in you...This was no failure, sir. You were correct in your assessment of what is wrong.<br /><br />I merely suggested the phrase fake or false crime so one can speak clearly to the distinction between Law and Legislation. After posting my comment, I anticipated you might turn the analytical knife back on me and critique my phrase "fake crime" in a similar manner ... to indicate one should apply a non-ambiguous term like misdemeanor to a violation of legislative edict. <br /><br />I understand the "tightrope" and meant no offense. Have a great day.<br /><br />Hans ... in the NC woodsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33774205.post-57260452385290656072022-10-12T10:42:54.188-05:002022-10-12T10:42:54.188-05:00Yes, I probably should have left it to say "m...Yes, I probably should have left it to say "malum prohibitum", which is what I had written in my first draft. However, then a few sentences are required to explain that phrase to readers who are unfamiliar with it, in spite of me using it and explaining it several times in those columns over the years.. <br /><br />This runs up against my 400 word limit-- I always have to leave out stuff that I *really* want to say because of space. So, it's always a compromise and negotiation with myself.<br /><br />Worse, I get concerned that the newspaper will get tired of me inserting the same paragraph into multiple columns. On this blog, I don't have that concern, people will read or not, and they will donate/subscribe or not. The paper is a little different and I have to always keep their wishes in mind-- without knowing for certain what those are-- to keep the check coming. It's a tightrope that I try to walk without compromising a single thing. Sometimes I fail.Kent McManigalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05005964583189815410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33774205.post-41982776610430860102022-10-12T08:10:30.939-05:002022-10-12T08:10:30.939-05:00In your essay above, you use the phrase "fake...In your essay above, you use the phrase "fake law". In previous posts I recall you correctly used the phrase "malum prohibitum". The use of "fake law" is relevant but potentially confusing.<br /><br />It would be helpful to the education of your newspaper readers if you kept a clear distinction between the domain of Legislation (statute, ordinance, regulation and all things malum prohibitum) and the domain of Law (damage to life, liberty, property and all things malum in se).<br /><br />Law derives from the English and American "Common Law" where actions are called crimes because the are bad by their very nature (as understood in terms of Natural Law).<br /><br />Legislation creates a plethora of "false crimes" through the fiction of authority claimed by one group of men over their fellow humans.<br /><br />Identification of "false crimes" would be a more useful phrase than "false law", as this would clarify the distinction between Law and Legislation, and highlight the evil of legislation.<br /><br />Hans ... in the NC woodsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com