Martial Law is Now Officially Underway

First of all, some of you need to chill out a little bit. You are taking what I am saying and trying to put words in my mouth.

Secondly, Rainey, you should probably just stay out of this, every comment I have seen from you makes you seem like you have no clue what you are talking about. Maybe I just can't read or something.....and by the way, if you feel obliged, you can stop with the acid jokes. I made this name when I was watching "drug years" on VH1. I have never done acid and I am not from the sixties. But, you don't have to take my advice....

Thirdly, I never said Somalia was 'good'. Of course they still experience a lot of residual violence from their chaotic past, and also they have violence because the international bureaucrats keep trying to install a central government. JeffH, if you read your article you put a link to, who is the one causing the violence? From your article, "Militias allied to the Somali government recaptured a southern port from Islamists on Tuesday, taking the death toll from an upsurge of fighting in recent days to nearly 100, witnesses said." It is the artificial goverment created by IGAD.

As for bbagnall, I'm not really sure what you are talking about. State-provided liability insurance? There is no government, that is why I brought Somalia up as a random example in the first place, and thats why some people flipped out (what?? an African country better off without government??). Here is a quote from a Dutch lawyer who has lived there for 12 years, this might help you understand what I am talking about, "For kritarchy to prevail, it is indeed necessary that its 'operatives' assume their responsibilities and form the country's new supra-structure. Who are these operatives ? Not only the private judges and policemen, but also, and even primarily, the insurance companies. In a kritarchy, everybody is insured for his liabilities under the law. Those who are not insured will find it almost impossible to do business or find employment; they will be treated as outlaws. In a kritarchy, a violation of the law may entail higher insurance premiums for the perpetrator. That constitutes a strong incentive for respecting the natural rights of other people. The insurance companies themselves also have an important stake preventing crimes and torts from being committed. The less crimes and torts, the less they will have to pay to their customers."

There you have it. Of course Somalia is not without problems, it still has a lot of unnecessary violence, but it is beginning to stabilize on account of it being stateless.

I understand your reactions, but I think you took what I said to mean "Somalia is an ideal place" instead of "Need an example for effective private law? Look at Somalia."

Look, I'm no expert on Somalia, but do a little research before you react so easily with all your outrages.

Look at present day Somalia, they do not have a government, and they have developed a very effective system. It is based on private property and voluntary association. Here is a quote about it from my blog, "

The five main characteristics of the Somali law are:
* No punishment for crimes, only restitution or compensation.
* No public prosecutors, no victimless crimes.
* Fines are limited and must be paid to the victim or to his family.
* Every person is insured for his liabilities under the law.
* Judges are appointed by the litigants, not by 'society'. "

Let's see here, no government cages, no forced state arbitration, no politically driven prosecutors, no arbitrary laws, an insurance network to ensure liability, and free market litigants instead of easily bribed public judges. And, best of all, the central tenets of their law system revolve around private property and voluntary association. Maybe we should take a hint from these uncivilized "barbarians", and privatize our law so that property can actually be protected instead of methodically abused and stolen. "

Here is where minarchism came from:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/gordon/gordon37.html

A stateless society creates order through the law which is based upon the intuitive principles of private property and voluntary association. Free market law allows for effectiveness and justice, and all without having to pay taxes to a corrupt state-owned justice system. Since there is no arbitrary force, there can be no devolution into oligarchy. Only a stateless free market society can hope to remain free and properous.

I was trying with all my might to ignore you, and then you pulled out the: "tyranical humanists" remark. Humanists aren't capable of tyranny. Only political power combined with the citizen's belief in authoritarianism can result in tyranny. Humanists, especially secular humanists, neither have political power nor a belief in authoritarianism.

I believe I shall put you in the "Doesn't know what they are talking about" or the "Blinded by too much spiritual gooble-gabble" categories.

And don't go accusing me of being an athiest acid-taker or whatever you might come up with. And, one philosophy that has never, ever worked is authoritarianism based on a few controlling people - you know - like powerful preachers and presidents - or kings.

Culture is Religion externalized. There are many excellent comments here, but George Washington declared the twin pillars of good government were Religion and Morality. Yes, the solution lies in the pulpits of America. Bad government is a reflection of bad culture; bad culture is a reflection of bad religion. Culture is Religion externalized. America is plagued by the FALSE RELIGION of Arminianism. Until America returns to the true religion recaptured from Rome in the protestant reformation, Augustianism, all efforts will end up in some humanistic form of the French Revolution. It is Arminianism, Dispensationalism, and Darwinianism that are destroying our constitutional republic. Sicko individual republicans and democrats are simply acting out the logical results of their belief systems. Everyone is religious. There is no neutrality