Comments on: Rhino Repellant http://www.blagnet.net/2007/12/26/rhino-repellant/ Discussing Libertarian Philosophy Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:49:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John http://www.blagnet.net/2007/12/26/rhino-repellant/comment-page-1/#comment-3 John Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:41:12 +0000 http://www.blagnet.net/2007/12/26/rhino-repellant/#comment-3 <b>Kel</b>: <i>My answer is that we are now less safe. It seems logical to me that when you prod a hornet’s nest, you increase your risk of being stung.</i> Exactly. And as I seem to remember Lew Rockwell writing (I can't find the article, but I'm sure many others have said it): It isn't giving into the enemy to stop prodding the nest for you own good. Additionally, I'd like to reiterate a prediction of mine that I really, really hope doesn't come true: As a result of the Bush wars and American foreign policy in general the past several decades, suicide bombings will begin to happen in American cities, just like they do in Israel and Iraq now. Kel: My answer is that we are now less safe. It seems logical to me that when you prod a hornet’s nest, you increase your risk of being stung.

Exactly. And as I seem to remember Lew Rockwell writing (I can’t find the article, but I’m sure many others have said it): It isn’t giving into the enemy to stop prodding the nest for you own good.

Additionally, I’d like to reiterate a prediction of mine that I really, really hope doesn’t come true: As a result of the Bush wars and American foreign policy in general the past several decades, suicide bombings will begin to happen in American cities, just like they do in Israel and Iraq now.

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