http://teodesian.net//posts/ae09a1ae-13f3-11ec-bdd7-dc18d3afd0f0?format=xml teodesian.net : /posts/ae09a1ae-13f3-11ec-bdd7-dc18d3afd0f0 en 2026-04-16T14:27:12 2026-04-16T14:27:12 /favicon.ico http://teodesian.net 32 32 teodesian.net favicon http://teodesian.net/posts/ae09a1ae-13f3-11ec-bdd7-dc18d3afd0f0 Here's the latest tripe. Emotional Language? Check. Koch Funding? Check.
Specific responses:

1. The NAP "Prohibits All Pollution".
   The Koch be with you! They act as if pollution is a good thing. The author has obviously never heard of easements, as private property owners allow pollution on their property as they wish, so long as it doesn't effect others.
   
   The only way people think this disallows cars and other fossil fuel based life have been bamboozled by the notion that carbon dioxide is a pollutant.


2. The NAP doesn't allow me to do evil that good may come!
   Somebody hasn't read Mises. Or the Bible. Evil means are unsuited to achieving good ends. This is a feature, not a bug.


3. All or nothing attitude toward risk!
   This guy doesn't understand reality, much less the NAP. Of course all risks are allowed -- you say this as if they aren't now! All action has a chance of failure.
   
   It's up to the individual to know best what they can handle, not nanny-staters like the author and their central-planning ilk.


4. No prohibition of fraud??!
   Wrong. The NAP implicitly prohibits fraud, because it damages property. The only reason the NAP makes sense is because of self-ownership (which should be self-evident). Murder is just theft of your self-ownership shortly followed by destruction of said property.
   
   Similarly, willful lying to appropriate someone else's property is fraud, be it their person or estate, as it is not a fully consensual "arm's length" transaction. That's kind of what constitutes aggression in the context of property.


5. The NAP doesn't imply private property ownership!
   This is pretty hilarious, considering the NAP is simply a corollary of self-ownership. Non-aggression is the enforcement of property rights.


6. What About the Children???
   Does this really need a response considering the heading? Kids own themselves too. People don't like to face this, but it's still at many levels a voluntary relationship. Kids run away from bad parents and inadequate parents regularly abandon children. There's nothing special from a rights point of view -- they're just clumsy, small incompetent people.
   
   It works well most of the time, because usually the decision to make them was not malicious. Both sides know the deal instinctively, unless overpowered by adverse circumstances (usually due to outside aggression).

Overall, an emotional and inconsistent show. The fellow should consider lurking more. ]]> doge http://teodesian.net/posts/ae09a1ae-13f3-11ec-bdd7-dc18d3afd0f0 2015-08-08T18:19:02 http://teodesian.net/posts/1439057942 Here's the latest tripe. Emotional Language? Check. Koch Funding? Check.
Specific responses:

1. The NAP "Prohibits All Pollution".
   The Koch be with you! They act as if pollution is a good thing. The author has obviously never heard of easements, as private property owners allow pollution on their property as they wish, so long as it doesn't effect others.
   
   The only way people think this disallows cars and other fossil fuel based life have been bamboozled by the notion that carbon dioxide is a pollutant.


2. The NAP doesn't allow me to do evil that good may come!
   Somebody hasn't read Mises. Or the Bible. Evil means are unsuited to achieving good ends. This is a feature, not a bug.


3. All or nothing attitude toward risk!
   This guy doesn't understand reality, much less the NAP. Of course all risks are allowed -- you say this as if they aren't now! All action has a chance of failure.
   
   It's up to the individual to know best what they can handle, not nanny-staters like the author and their central-planning ilk.


4. No prohibition of fraud??!
   Wrong. The NAP implicitly prohibits fraud, because it damages property. The only reason the NAP makes sense is because of self-ownership (which should be self-evident). Murder is just theft of your self-ownership shortly followed by destruction of said property.
   
   Similarly, willful lying to appropriate someone else's property is fraud, be it their person or estate, as it is not a fully consensual "arm's length" transaction. That's kind of what constitutes aggression in the context of property.


5. The NAP doesn't imply private property ownership!
   This is pretty hilarious, considering the NAP is simply a corollary of self-ownership. Non-aggression is the enforcement of property rights.


6. What About the Children???
   Does this really need a response considering the heading? Kids own themselves too. People don't like to face this, but it's still at many levels a voluntary relationship. Kids run away from bad parents and inadequate parents regularly abandon children. There's nothing special from a rights point of view -- they're just clumsy, small incompetent people.
   
   It works well most of the time, because usually the decision to make them was not malicious. Both sides know the deal instinctively, unless overpowered by adverse circumstances (usually due to outside aggression).

Overall, an emotional and inconsistent show. The fellow should consider lurking more. ]]> doge http://teodesian.net/posts/1439057942 2015-08-08T18:19:02