Thanks for this post….
Thanks for this post. One correction, though:
“The Libertarian platform, which speaks to harming no other’s life or property, is silent (at this time) on the issue of abortion.”
Here’s the Platform as of the 2004 Convention, section 20 http://www.lp.org/issues/platform_all.shtml#womerigh:
“Recognizing that abortion is a very sensitive issue and that people, including libertarians, can hold good-faith views on both sides, we believe the government should be kept out of the question. We condemn state-funded and state-mandated abortions. It is particularly harsh to force someone who believes that abortion is murder to pay for another’s abortion.”
This plank has come under concerted attack from those who believe that the government has a right to commandeer women’s wombs for the benefit of fetuses they don’t want (most of them have aimed at getting the platform silent on this point, in the name of “not being controversial” or somesuch). But as far as I know, it’s still there for now.
Anticopyright.