Comments on: Libertarian new & views (11/12/08)

By: Fotos Sexo

Fotos Sexo — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:25:44 +0000

now I’ll be tuned..

By: Accounting Homework

Accounting Homework — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:09:05 +0000

I will add you as a topic .Need another topic.

Thanks

By: TerjeP (say tay-a)

TerjeP (say tay-a) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:13:07 +0000

John – thanks for the new ALS webpage. I never used to visit it much but now I find it to be quite a useful portal to libertarian news and views by Aussies.

By: pommygranate

pommygranate — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:07:13 +0000

skeptic – your story on the welfare family is truly gruesome – still, maybe some good will come of this. i see Peter Saunders had a piece in the Australian published on the same topic over the weekend.

By: skepticlawyer

skepticlawyer — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:40:55 +0000

Thanks for setting this up, John H. Nicely done indeed.

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 11:38:23 +0000

Censored!

By: nicholas gray

nicholas gray — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:12:31 +0000

What happened to comment nine? I was going to congratulate Ben on being alive, and point out my comment was a joke (You’re allowed to bring jokes to the table).

By: John Humphreys

John Humphreys — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:10:55 +0000

Rensa, I agree that the video wasn’t persuasive. I don’t agree with what they were saying. My position is better summerised by Bjorn Lomborg’s recent talk to Reason…

http://www.reason.tv/video/show/621.html

If you’re just starting to look into libertarianism, I recommend having a look at http://www.reason.org. and http://www.reason.tv

(I also note that this post is just a summary of what other people are saying in the libertarian blogosphere. If you want to engage the original author, it’s probably best to comment directly on their blog. Though of course you’re welcome to comment here too.)

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 03:36:23 +0000

Hi Rensa,

I’m glad you’re looking into Libertarianism. Climate change is of course a hot button topic for Libertarians because of the remedies being suggested. Rather than go to the people and talk to them about why warming is dangerous and what we personally can do about it (something rational Libertarians would be all over like Oprah on a baked ham) they go straight to the governments and start saying words that make Libertarians angry: Ban, Tax, Regulate!

It also doesn’t help that the guys advocating this type of action are sitting in government jobs which have become better funded as the public fear of global warming has grown IE: Hansen and those other NASA dudes.

Personally I’d like to see a large chunk of evidence fall from the sky either supporting or refuting the science of warming. Obviously I would prefer the science to be wrong (as I’m sure most people who happen to like this planet would) but if we can no longer argue about it due to irrefutable proof we can get down to rectifying the problems. We would hopefully start to see remedies that are grass roots and voluntary. Wouldn’t that be a much better option than handing more power up to the pollies?

By: nicholas gray

nicholas gray — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 02:16:48 +0000

Does ‘Rensa’ stand for ‘Rejected by Mensa’?