Speaking of parks
Campfield’s post reminds me of an old joke:
A Republican looks at a Libertarian and says If you had your way, people would be allowed to drink and have sex in public parks.
Libertarian says: Public parks?
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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August 12th, 2008 at 10:59 am
I could direct plenty of grief at the NPS, like eminent domain abuse, user fees for public property, shaking down legitimate business people like guides for protection money, and anti-hunting regulations where there is a obvious need to thin out an overpopulation. However, the idea of public parks itself, I really don’t have a problem with. The idea itself is older than the republic.
An example would be the Boston commons, where ordinary citizens drilled for the militia after church every Sunday. I do believe it’s actually illegal to reenact this bit of history with real flintlock rifles nowadays within Boston city limits.
August 12th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
The Boston Commons was originally a common grazing area for the livestock of local farmers. Well before it became a drill ground. Just thought you would might appreciate that little tidbit.
August 12th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Heh. Excellent Joke.
Hadn’t heard that one before. I’ll have to store that one away.
August 12th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
“The idea itself is older than the republic.”
So is slavery, military conquest, and monarchy, to name just a few.
Your point is classic; “I like the idea of a public this or a public that, it’s just that they’re never handled properly…”
Exactly, which is where another classic saying came from; “The only problem with socialism is that the right people had never been in charge.”
I don’t have a problem with farms; I just don’t want them run by government.
I don’t have a problem with manufacturing; I just don’t want it run by government.
I don’t have a problem with modern medicine; I just don’t want it run by government.
I don’t have a problem with education….
I don’t have a problem with living in a house…
Banking…
Transportation…
Energy…
Communication…
Now make up a hundred more on your own. Thay can be little things, like shoes or paper clips, even. That’s your assignment for the week.
August 12th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Great idea, Lyle.
Next they can auction off the public road in front of my house. I’ll have to pay a toll to back out of my own driveway, but at least the street will be paved with shiny faux gold bricks, a real improvement over that asphalt stuff.
August 13th, 2008 at 10:23 am
Lyle is the type of Libertarian I’m thinking of when I (often) say:
Libertarians are just anarchists who lack the stones to admit it.