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Mark Nottingham on Aarzon Swartz
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Hi, I’m Mark Nottingham. I currently chair the IETF HTTPbis Working Group. I usually write here about the Web, protocol design, HTTP, and caching. Once in a while, I’ll write about economics, travel or living in Australia. Find out more.
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Holiday proclamation by the Ministry of Culture of a secessionist republic of one: http://radgeek.com/gt/2013/01/19/happy-lysander-spooner-day/
1. No man can delÂeÂgate, or give to anÂothÂer, any right of arÂbiÂtrary doÂminÂion over himÂself; for that would be givÂing himÂself away as a slave. And this no one can do. Any conÂtract to do so is necÂesÂsarÂiÂly an abÂsurd one, and has no vaÂlidÂiÂty. To call such a conÂtract a ‘ConÂstiÂtuÂtion,’ or by any other high-soundÂing name, does not alter its charÂacÂter as an abÂsurd and void conÂtract.
2. No man can delÂeÂgate, or give to anÂothÂer, any right of arÂbiÂtrary doÂminÂion over a third perÂson; for that would imply a right in the first perÂson, not only to make the third perÂson his slave, but also a right to disÂpose of him as a slave to still other perÂsons. Any conÂtract to do this is necÂesÂsarÂiÂly a crimÂiÂnal one and thereÂfore inÂvalid. To call such a conÂtract a ‘ConÂstiÂtuÂtion’ does not at all lessen its crimÂiÂnalÂiÂty, or add to its vaÂlidÂiÂty.
These facts, that no man can delÂeÂgate, or give away, his own natÂurÂal right to libÂerÂty, nor any other man’s natÂurÂal right to libÂerÂty, prove that he can delÂeÂgate no right of arÂbiÂtrary doÂminÂion whatÂevÂer—or, what is the same thing, no legÂislaÂtive power whatÂevÂer—over himÂself or anyÂbody else, to any man, or body of men.
. . . All this preÂtendÂed delÂeÂgaÂtion of legÂislaÂtive power—that is, of a power, on the part of the legÂisÂlaÂtors, so-called, to make any laws of their own deÂvice, disÂtinct from the law of naÂture—is thereÂfore an enÂtire falseÂhood; a falseÂhood whose only purÂpose is to cover and hide a pure usurpaÂtion, by one body of men, of arÂbiÂtrary doÂminÂion over other men.
. . . For all the reaÂsons now given, and for still othÂers that might be given, the legÂislaÂtive power now exÂerÂcised by ConÂgress is, in both law and reaÂson, pureÂly perÂsonÂal, arÂbiÂtrary, irÂreÂsponÂsiÂble, usurped doÂminÂion on the part of the legÂisÂlaÂtors themÂselves, and not a power delÂeÂgatÂed to them by anyÂbody.
Yet under the preÂtense that this inÂstruÂment gives them the right of an arÂbiÂtrary and irÂreÂsponÂsiÂble doÂminÂion over the whole peoÂple of the UnitÂed States, ConÂgress has gone on, for nineÂty years and more, fillÂing great volÂumes with laws of their own deÂvice, which the peoÂple at large have never read, nor even seen nor ever will read or see; and of whose legal meanÂings it is moralÂly imÂposÂsiÂble that they should ever know anyÂthing. ConÂgress has never dared to reÂquire the peoÂple even to read these laws. Had it done so, the opÂpresÂsion would have been an inÂtolÂerÂaÂble one; and the peoÂple, rather than enÂdure it, would have eiÂther reÂbelled, and overÂthrown the govÂernÂment, or would have fled the counÂtry. Yet these laws, which ConÂgress has not dared to reÂquire the peoÂple even to read, it has comÂpelled them, at the point of the bayÂoÂnet, to obey.
And this moral, and legal, and poÂlitÂiÂcal monÂstrosÂiÂty is the kind of govÂernÂment which ConÂgress claims that the ConÂstiÂtuÂtion auÂthoÂrizes it to imÂpose upon the peoÂple.
Sir, can you say that such an arÂbiÂtrary and irÂreÂsponÂsiÂble doÂminÂion as this, over the propÂerÂties, libÂerÂties, and lives of fifty milÂlions of peoÂple—or even over the propÂerÂty, libÂerÂty, or life of any one of those fifty milÂlions—can be jusÂtiÂfied on any reaÂson whatÂevÂer? If not, with what color of truth can you say that you yourÂself, or anyÂbody else, can act as a legÂisÂlaÂtor, under the ConÂstiÂtuÂtion of the UnitÂed States, and yet be an honÂest man?
. . . I trust I need not susÂpect you, as a legÂisÂlaÂtor under the ConÂstiÂtuÂtion, and claimÂing to be an honÂest man, of any deÂsire to evade the issue preÂsentÂed in this pamÂphlet. If you shall see fit to meet it, I hope you will exÂcuse me for sugÂgestÂing that — to avoid verÂbiage, and everyÂthing inÂdefÂiÂnite — you give at least a sinÂgle specÂiÂmen of a law that eiÂther heretoÂfore has been made, or that you conÂceive it posÂsiÂble for legÂisÂlaÂtors to make—that is, some law of their own deÂvice—that eiÂther has been, or shall be, reÂalÂly and truly obligÂaÂtoÂry upon other perÂsons, and which such other perÂsons have been, or may be, rightÂfulÂly comÂpelled to obey.
If you can eiÂther find or deÂvise any such law, I trust you will make it known, that it may be exÂamÂined, and the quesÂtion of its obligÂaÂtion be fairÂly setÂtled in the popÂuÂlar mind.
But if it should hapÂpen that you can neiÂther find such a law in the exÂistÂing statute books of the UnitÂed States, nor, in your own mind, conÂceive of such a law as posÂsiÂble under the ConÂstiÂtuÂtion, I give you leave to find it, if that be posÂsiÂble, in the conÂstiÂtuÂtion or statute book of any other peoÂple that now exist, or ever have exÂistÂed, on the earth.
If, fiÂnalÂly, you shall find no such law, anyÂwhere, nor be able to conÂceive of any such law yourÂself, I take the libÂerÂty to sugÂgest that it is your imÂperÂaÂtive duty to subÂmit the quesÂtion to your asÂsoÂciÂate legÂisÂlaÂtors; and, if they can give no light on the subÂject, that you call upon them to burn all the exÂistÂing statute books of the UnitÂed States, and then to go home and conÂtent themÂselves with the exÂerÂcise of only such rights and powÂers as naÂture has given to them in comÂmon with the rest of mankind.
—Lysander Spooner, A Letter to Thomas F. Bayard (Boston, May 22, 1882)
Rad Geek People’s Daily 2013-01-19 – Happy Lysander Spooner Day!
This is a page from the Rad Geek People’s Daily weblog, which has been written and maintained by Charles Johnson at radgeek.com since 2004.
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A happy birthday to militant abolitionist, philosopher, and individualist anarchist Lysander Spooner (b. January 19, 1808, Althol, Massachusetts)!
http://radgeek.com/gt/2008/01/19/happy_lysander/
“The payment of taxes, being compulsory, of course furnishes no evidence that any one voluntarily supports the Constitution. … [T]his theory of our government is wholly different from the practical fact. The fact is that the government, like a highwayman, says to a man: Your money, or your life. And many, if not most, taxes are paid under the compulsion of that threat.
“The government does not, indeed, waylay a man in a lonely place, spring upon him from the road side, and, holding a pistol to his head, proceed to rifle his pockets. But the robbery is none the less a robbery on that account; AND IT IS FAR MORE DASTARDLY AND SHAMEFUL.
“The highwayman takes solely upon himself the responsibility, danger, and crime of his own act. He does not pretend that he has any rightful claim to your money, or that he intends to use it for your own benefit. He does not pretend to be anything but a robber. He has not acquired impudence enough to profess to be merely a “protector,†and that he takes men’s money against their will, merely to enable him to “protect†those infatuated travellers, who feel perfectly able to protect themselves, or do not appreciate his peculiar system of protection. He is too sensible a man to make such professions as these. Furthermore, having taken your money, he leaves you, as you wish him to do. He does not persist in following you on the road, against your will; assuming to be your rightful “sovereign,†on account of the “protection†he affords you. He does not keep “protecting†you, by commanding you to bow down and serve him; by requiring you to do this, and forbidding you to do that; by robbing you of more money as often as he finds it for his interest or pleasure to do so; and by branding you as a rebel, a traitor, and an enemy to your country, and shooting you down without mercy, if you dispute his authority, or resist his demands. He is too much of a gentleman to be guilty of such impostures, and insults, and villanies as these. In short, he does not, in addition to robbing you, attempt to make you either his dupe or his slave.”
– No Treason, no. 6: The Constitution of No Authority
Rad Geek People’s Daily 2008-01-19 – Happy Lysander Spooner Day!
This is a page from the Rad Geek People’s Daily weblog, which has been written and maintained by Charles Johnson at radgeek.com since 2004.
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The bombing of Mali highlights all the lessons of western intervention
Glenn Greenwald: The west African nation becomes the eighth country in the last four years alone where Muslims are killed by the west
via Facebook http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/14/mali-france-bombing-intervention-libyaFacebook: Property and Equal Liberty. (1891). By V. Y. in LIBERTY Vol. VII.—No. 26. Whole No. 182 (April 18, 1
More IP debate from Tucker’s Liberty: Yarros vs. Tucker, fifth round. Yarros replies to Tucker and Tak Kak in “Property and Equal Liberty” (April 18, 1891) and Tucker’s rejoinder in “The Knot-Hole in the Fence” (April 18, 1891).
http://fair-use.org/liberty/1891/04/18/property-and-equal-liberty
http://fair-use.org/liberty/1891/04/18/the-knot-hole-in-the-fence
I was very much interested in the little story with which Mr. Tucker prefaced his comments upon my article on The Right to Authorship in No. 178. Lest the busy reader may have forgotten it, I will quote it here.When I wrote my previous answer,said Mr. Tucker, I foresaw that he would make precisely t…
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Doing some quick background research on Michael Zametkin (a radical editor, associated with Forverts and the Arbeter Ring), I found a book on Daniel DeLeon in which he appears, once, in the index under the heading of: “Zametkin, evil influence of, II. 54.” http://books.google.com/books?id=bWwZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR15&lpg=PR15&q=Zametkin&f=false#v=snippet&q=Zametkin&f=false
One of my life ambitions is now to make it into a book with an index heading of “evil influence of”
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Facebook: Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice
From ACIJ:
‘The Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice denounced today the State of Alabama’s request to the Supreme Court for review of the “harboring provision†of HB56, the harshest anti-immigrant law in the nation. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down this part of the law last year along with several other provisions.
‘“This is like rubbing salt in the wounds of the immigrant community,†said Evelyn Servin, an immigrant community leader in Russellville, Alabama. “This part of the law would make it a crime for someone to give an undocumented person a ride or a place to stay, putting not only immigrants in danger but also church and community members who work to help everyone in Alabama.‒
More at their website, ACIJ.net
Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice
On June 15, 2012, President Obama announced that young immigrants who entered the country without authorization before the age of 16 can qualify for an immigration relief benefit known as “Deferred…
via Facebook http://www.acij.net/Facebook: Cranky Notions. (1891). By Joseph A. Labadie in LIBERTY Vol. VII.—No. 26. Whole No. 182 (April 18, 1
More of the IP debate from the pages of Tucker’s LIBERTY: Jo. Labadie weighs in, in “Cranky Notions” (April 18, 1891).
http://fair-use.org/liberty/1891/04/18/cranky-notions
I have followed the discussion of copy and patent rights in Liberty with more than usual interest, because I believe them to be of the most important subjects before the world of social science today. Long ago I came to the conclusion that the sole solution of the machinery monopoly was the total an…
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The Intellectual Property debate in Tucker’s Liberty, cont’d (1890-1891): Tak Kak’s serialized “The Question of Copyright” (Feb. – March 1891):
Pt. I: http://fair-use.org/liberty/1891/02/21/the-question-of-copyright
Pt. II: http://fair-use.org/liberty/1891/03/07/copyright
Pt. III: http://fair-use.org/liberty/1891/03/21/copyright
I have read with interest what has appeared in Liberty on this subject,—no doubt a puzzling one, because both abstract and complex. What is copyright? The word means the right to copy. But if I say I am in favor of copying what we want to copy, the advocates of copyright will immediately tell me tha…
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