http://techliberation.com/2009/08/29/guidelines-best-practices-for-anonymous-blogging-pt-2/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2009/08/29/guidelines-best-practices-for-anonymous-blogging-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-62238 Excellent Radio Berkman Podcast on Anonymity, Free Speech & Defamation — Technology Liberation Front Fri, 18 Sep 2009 00:21:46 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=20787#comment-62238 <p>[...] Guidelines & Best Practices for Anonymous Blogging (Pt.2) [...]</p> [...] Guidelines & Best Practices for Anonymous Blogging (Pt.2) [...]

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/08/29/guidelines-best-practices-for-anonymous-blogging-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-65770 MikeRT Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:07:04 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=20787#comment-65770 <p>Indeed, the state is not ipso facto the enemy, just as the model of man as a rational being (as opposed to a rationalizing being) is almost entirely false (if you disagree with me, then explain why Socialism is still taken seriously!)<br><br>The main problem with government is that it starts from the principle of greatest, not least, privilege on most issues. The burden should be the exact opposite: the busybodies, dogooders, police, etc. should have to come crawling to the public every time they want to do something new, not the individual justifying to them why they should be left alone.</p> Indeed, the state is not ipso facto the enemy, just as the model of man as a rational being (as opposed to a rationalizing being) is almost entirely false (if you disagree with me, then explain why Socialism is still taken seriously!)

The main problem with government is that it starts from the principle of greatest, not least, privilege on most issues. The burden should be the exact opposite: the busybodies, dogooders, police, etc. should have to come crawling to the public every time they want to do something new, not the individual justifying to them why they should be left alone.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/08/29/guidelines-best-practices-for-anonymous-blogging-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-65768 MikeRT Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:01:53 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=20787#comment-65768 <p>Who said anything about government? Not me. What I said is that it needs a more conservative culture behind it. Most libertarians won't face up to the fact that institutions like marriage must be respected by free people above their own individual desires. In other words, libertarians must acknowledge genuine virtue and vice, and use liberty as a means of encouraging mankind to voluntarily seek the highest virtue.<br><br>The state cannot make people want to be good except through force, but libertarians must recognize that a society that has a minimal government <strong>must be capable of living without most government</strong>.<br><br>Specifically, with regard to marriage, <a href="http://www.codemonkeyramblings.com/2009/05/the-black-sheep-of-contracts/" rel="nofollow">I have pointed out</a> how it is the one contract that libertarians will gleefully crap all over. If any other form of contract were subjected to the sort of behavior that the marriage contract is subjected to, it would drive the average libertarian apoplectic.</p> Who said anything about government? Not me. What I said is that it needs a more conservative culture behind it. Most libertarians won't face up to the fact that institutions like marriage must be respected by free people above their own individual desires. In other words, libertarians must acknowledge genuine virtue and vice, and use liberty as a means of encouraging mankind to voluntarily seek the highest virtue.

The state cannot make people want to be good except through force, but libertarians must recognize that a society that has a minimal government must be capable of living without most government.

Specifically, with regard to marriage, I have pointed out how it is the one contract that libertarians will gleefully crap all over. If any other form of contract were subjected to the sort of behavior that the marriage contract is subjected to, it would drive the average libertarian apoplectic.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/08/29/guidelines-best-practices-for-anonymous-blogging-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-65769 Michael Cole Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:45:18 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=20787#comment-65769 <p>Oh, really, Berin! Are we pimple-faced neophytes reading Marx and Sartre for the first time? The state certainly constrains what society would be in its absence, but by doing so it shapes society in ways that are often good, and almost always in response to the society as it exerts something like a popular will. Consider the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the Civil Rights movement, my Baroquephile: The state worked to bring out the best in society.<br><br>We'd do well to keep policy discussions on terra firma. You have decided that it's best to keep the Internet free from most government for good reasons, and not simply because "the State is the enemy." So silly!</p> Oh, really, Berin! Are we pimple-faced neophytes reading Marx and Sartre for the first time? The state certainly constrains what society would be in its absence, but by doing so it shapes society in ways that are often good, and almost always in response to the society as it exerts something like a popular will. Consider the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the Civil Rights movement, my Baroquephile: The state worked to bring out the best in society.

We'd do well to keep policy discussions on terra firma. You have decided that it's best to keep the Internet free from most government for good reasons, and not simply because “the State is the enemy.” So silly!

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/08/29/guidelines-best-practices-for-anonymous-blogging-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-65767 Berin Szoka Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:58:32 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=20787#comment-65767 <p>On the contrary, I think the State is the enemy of culture, the family and society. I don't see those values as things to be sacrificed in the pursuit of liberty, but as part of what liberty protects. Virtue, without the freedom to choose, is impossible.</p> On the contrary, I think the State is the enemy of culture, the family and society. I don't see those values as things to be sacrificed in the pursuit of liberty, but as part of what liberty protects. Virtue, without the freedom to choose, is impossible.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/08/29/guidelines-best-practices-for-anonymous-blogging-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-61686 MikeRT Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:07:04 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=20787#comment-61686 <p>Indeed, the state is not ipso facto the enemy, just as the model of man as a rational being (as opposed to a rationalizing being) is almost entirely false (if you disagree with me, then explain why Socialism is still taken seriously!)<br><br>The main problem with government is that it starts from the principle of greatest, not least, privilege on most issues. The burden should be the exact opposite: the busybodies, dogooders, police, etc. should have to come crawling to the public every time they want to do something new, not the individual justifying to them why they should be left alone.</p> Indeed, the state is not ipso facto the enemy, just as the model of man as a rational being (as opposed to a rationalizing being) is almost entirely false (if you disagree with me, then explain why Socialism is still taken seriously!)

The main problem with government is that it starts from the principle of greatest, not least, privilege on most issues. The burden should be the exact opposite: the busybodies, dogooders, police, etc. should have to come crawling to the public every time they want to do something new, not the individual justifying to them why they should be left alone.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/08/29/guidelines-best-practices-for-anonymous-blogging-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-61685 MikeRT Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:01:53 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=20787#comment-61685 <p>Who said anything about government? Not me. What I said is that it needs a more conservative culture behind it. Most libertarians won't face up to the fact that institutions like marriage must be respected by free people above their own individual desires. In other words, libertarians must acknowledge genuine virtue and vice, and use liberty as a means of encouraging mankind to voluntarily seek the highest virtue.<br><br>The state cannot make people want to be good except through force, but libertarians must recognize that a society that has a minimal government <strong>must be capable of living without most government</strong>.<br><br>Specifically, with regard to marriage, <a href="http://www.codemonkeyramblings.com/2009/05/the-black-sheep-of-contracts/" rel="nofollow">I have pointed out</a> how it is the one contract that libertarians will gleefully crap all over. If any other form of contract were subjected to the sort of behavior that the marriage contract is subjected to, it would drive the average libertarian apoplectic.</p> Who said anything about government? Not me. What I said is that it needs a more conservative culture behind it. Most libertarians won't face up to the fact that institutions like marriage must be respected by free people above their own individual desires. In other words, libertarians must acknowledge genuine virtue and vice, and use liberty as a means of encouraging mankind to voluntarily seek the highest virtue.

The state cannot make people want to be good except through force, but libertarians must recognize that a society that has a minimal government must be capable of living without most government.

Specifically, with regard to marriage, I have pointed out how it is the one contract that libertarians will gleefully crap all over. If any other form of contract were subjected to the sort of behavior that the marriage contract is subjected to, it would drive the average libertarian apoplectic.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/08/29/guidelines-best-practices-for-anonymous-blogging-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-61100 MikeRT Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:07:04 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=20787#comment-61100 <p>Indeed, the state is not ipso facto the enemy, just as the model of man as a rational being is almost entirely false (if you disagree with me, then explain why Socialism is still taken seriously!)<br><br>The main problem with government is that it starts from the principle of greatest, not least, privilege on most issues. The burden should be the exact opposite: the busybodies, dogooders, police, etc. should have to come crawling to the public every time they want to do something new, not the individual justifying to them why they should be left alone.</p> Indeed, the state is not ipso facto the enemy, just as the model of man as a rational being is almost entirely false (if you disagree with me, then explain why Socialism is still taken seriously!)

The main problem with government is that it starts from the principle of greatest, not least, privilege on most issues. The burden should be the exact opposite: the busybodies, dogooders, police, etc. should have to come crawling to the public every time they want to do something new, not the individual justifying to them why they should be left alone.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/08/29/guidelines-best-practices-for-anonymous-blogging-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-61098 MikeRT Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:01:53 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=20787#comment-61098 <p>Who said anything about government? Not me. What I said is that it needs a more conservative culture behind it. Most libertarians won't face up to the fact that institutions like marriage must be respected by free people above their own individual desires. In other words, libertarians must acknowledge genuine virtue and vice, and use liberty as a means of encouraging mankind to voluntarily seek the highest virtue.<br><br>The state cannot make people want to be good except through force, but libertarians must recognize that a society that has a minimal government <strong>must be capable of living without most government</strong>.</p> Who said anything about government? Not me. What I said is that it needs a more conservative culture behind it. Most libertarians won't face up to the fact that institutions like marriage must be respected by free people above their own individual desires. In other words, libertarians must acknowledge genuine virtue and vice, and use liberty as a means of encouraging mankind to voluntarily seek the highest virtue.

The state cannot make people want to be good except through force, but libertarians must recognize that a society that has a minimal government must be capable of living without most government.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/08/29/guidelines-best-practices-for-anonymous-blogging-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-61097 Michael Cole Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:45:18 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=20787#comment-61097 <p>Oh, really, Berin! Are we pimple-faced neophytes reading Marx and Sartre for the first time? The state certainly constrains what society would be in its absence, but by doing so it shapes society in ways that are often good, and almost always in response to the society as it exerts something like a popular will. Consider the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the Civil Rights movement, my Baroquephile: The state worked to bring out the best in society.<br><br>We'd do well to keep policy discussions on terra firma. You have decided that it's best to keep the Internet free from most government for good reasons, and not simply because "the State is the enemy." So silly!</p> Oh, really, Berin! Are we pimple-faced neophytes reading Marx and Sartre for the first time? The state certainly constrains what society would be in its absence, but by doing so it shapes society in ways that are often good, and almost always in response to the society as it exerts something like a popular will. Consider the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the Civil Rights movement, my Baroquephile: The state worked to bring out the best in society.

We'd do well to keep policy discussions on terra firma. You have decided that it's best to keep the Internet free from most government for good reasons, and not simply because “the State is the enemy.” So silly!

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/08/29/guidelines-best-practices-for-anonymous-blogging-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-61094 Berin Szoka Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:58:32 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=20787#comment-61094 <p>On the contrary, I think the State is the enemy of culture, the family and society. I don't see those values as things to be sacrificed in the pursuit of liberty, but as part of what liberty protects. Virtue, without the freedom to choose, is impossible.</p> On the contrary, I think the State is the enemy of culture, the family and society. I don't see those values as things to be sacrificed in the pursuit of liberty, but as part of what liberty protects. Virtue, without the freedom to choose, is impossible.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/08/29/guidelines-best-practices-for-anonymous-blogging-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-61046 MikeRT Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:08:24 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=20787#comment-61046 <p>I don't think our differences are that great. As time has gone on, I've just come to realize that libertarianism must bend to human nature and take on a somewhat conservative streak if it is to promote a culture that does not need the state. Most libertarians just don't appreciate why it is that a more conservative culture and family life is necessary to create a society that can function with a minimal state.</p> I don't think our differences are that great. As time has gone on, I've just come to realize that libertarianism must bend to human nature and take on a somewhat conservative streak if it is to promote a culture that does not need the state. Most libertarians just don't appreciate why it is that a more conservative culture and family life is necessary to create a society that can function with a minimal state.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/08/29/guidelines-best-practices-for-anonymous-blogging-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-61045 Berin Szoka Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:01:19 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=20787#comment-61045 <p>Glad to hear that, despite our differences, Mike, you're with us on the core principle of this site: "keeping the politicians' hands off the 'Net!"</p> Glad to hear that, despite our differences, Mike, you're with us on the core principle of this site: “keeping the politicians' hands off the 'Net!”

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/08/29/guidelines-best-practices-for-anonymous-blogging-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-61023 MikeRT Sat, 29 Aug 2009 21:08:34 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=20787#comment-61023 <p>The majority of people have absolutely no clue as to how vital it is to keep the Internet out of the hands of all central authorities. As it subsumes all communication systems and the equipment needed to do automated surveillance decreases in cost and complexity, failure to be vigilant will lead to a dystopia of previously unimaginable proportions. That is why I grew so furious over the way that the average big political blogger blew me off from 2006-2008 when I sent a number of emails to major bloggers trying to raise concerns over the data retention mandates being proposed with the backing of the Bush Administration...</p> The majority of people have absolutely no clue as to how vital it is to keep the Internet out of the hands of all central authorities. As it subsumes all communication systems and the equipment needed to do automated surveillance decreases in cost and complexity, failure to be vigilant will lead to a dystopia of previously unimaginable proportions. That is why I grew so furious over the way that the average big political blogger blew me off from 2006-2008 when I sent a number of emails to major bloggers trying to raise concerns over the data retention mandates being proposed with the backing of the Bush Administration…

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/08/29/guidelines-best-practices-for-anonymous-blogging-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-61022 Guidelines & Best Practices for Anonymous Blogging (Pt.2) « Blogging Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:49:45 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=20787#comment-61022 <p>[...] See original here: Guidelines & Best Practices for Anonymous Blogging (Pt.2) [...]</p> [...] See original here: Guidelines & Best Practices for Anonymous Blogging (Pt.2) [...]

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/08/29/guidelines-best-practices-for-anonymous-blogging-pt-2/comment-page-1/#comment-61021 Guidelines & Best Practices for Anonymous Blogging (Pt.2) Digital Sales Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:57:08 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=20787#comment-61021 <p>[...] View original post here: Guidelines & Best Practices for Anonymous Blogging (Pt.2) [...]</p> [...] View original post here: Guidelines & Best Practices for Anonymous Blogging (Pt.2) [...]

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