tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post9199256054907038967..comments2024-03-28T11:07:52.205-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: Armed teacher bill being pushed here in OKFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-90371283205078619632012-12-26T12:32:01.425-08:002012-12-26T12:32:01.425-08:00There's a simple thought experiment which usua...There's a simple thought experiment which usually pisses statists off no end;<br /><br />supposedly (according to all stripes of statists including the mini-statists) because humans are bad, we need a state to keep us from diving straight into a Hobbesian war of all upon all.<br /><br />Clearly, if we were all good, then even to the Hobbesians, there would be no need for a state.<br /><br />But what if we were all absolutely evil?<br /><br />The state would still comprise individual humans, all of whom would be absolutely evil. What purpose would that body of absolutely evil individuals serve?<br /><br />as most of us are neither absolutely good, nor absolutely evil, but a mixture of the two, the statists fool themselves that somehow those who work for the state are blessed with divine virtue, annointed with magical statist pixie dust and produce shite which smells of roses.<br /><br />But given the nature of the state; a monopolist of violent coercion, with powers to legally steal (tax), just what sort of individual is that going to attract?<br /><br />add to that, the problems of monopoly, coupled with the observable traits we all share - we'd all prefer to earn more money rather than less money, and we'd all prefer to do less work to get it rather than more work, the state will always move in the trend of increasing its sphere of influence, absorbing more money and doing less work for it.<br /><br /><br /> Luton Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-36628494607729491242012-12-26T11:43:24.380-08:002012-12-26T11:43:24.380-08:00Does Mr. Jones think that a murderously insane tea...Does Mr. Jones think that a murderously insane teacher who wants to kill his child will stop because they can't legally bring the gun to school?<br /><br />I seriously, seriously don't understand the thought process these people seem to have.<br /><br />(Is the idea maybe that the teacher is only a little crazy-in-a-dangerous-way and is at that magical middle place where they'd have to have the gun already with them to be a threat to his kid, but at the same time all the screening already done would let them through?<br /><br />Does he not realize that they barely screen <i>police</i> for mental issues?)Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.com