Yesterday 4 of the 5 founding members of the UK Libertarian Party spoke in Trinity. Present were the Party Leader Patrick Vessey, Tim Carpenter (Head of Policy), Andrew Withers (Party Chairman) and Chris Mounsey (Communications Director). Mounsey blogs over at Devil’s Kitchen.
It was an excellent little event, with a pretty decent turnout. [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Libertarians come to Oxford – Part 2
Posted in Oxford, Politics, Real Life on May 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Indiana Jones
Posted in Film on May 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The new film’s bloody enjoyable. Yes, it’s not going to win any Oscars (nor does it deserve to) but it’s a non-stop, action-packed romp that doesn’t take itself too seriously. I’d been told by friends that it was better than Temple of Doom, but I don’t agree. Nevertheless – an excellent way [...]
Anti-Libertarianism 101
Posted in Blogosphere, Philosophy, Politics on May 21, 2008 | 17 Comments »
A few weeks ago, Falco wrote a piece outlining the basic principles of libertarianism. Apparently, these basic principles lead us to key libertarian conclusions, that:
You own yourself.
You have every right to your property.
Authoritarianism, Paternalism and the banning of things other than acts harmful to a third party will always decrease Liberty.
What’s more, DK thinks [...]
Libertarians speak in Oxford
Posted in Oxford, Politics on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The leadership of the recently formed UKLP will be speaking in Oxford this Thursday. Also taking part in the Q&A session will be the writer of the popular libertarian blog, Devil’s Kitchen.
Thursday 22nd May
Sutro Room, Trinity College
8:00pm
More details here.
Jacqui Smith and Cannabis
Posted in Politics on May 15, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Via Dale, Jacqui Smith was challenged on the radio about her cannabis usage.
The caller makes the excellent point that I would have pressed, and that’s that given that Smith acknowledges that had she been caught (under the rules she supports), she wouldn’t have been able to have been Home Secretary. Her life chances would [...]
In other philosophy news
Posted in Blogosphere, Philosophy on May 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
… Colin McGinn (antagonist in this rather funny feud) has a blog!
Ho ho ho
Posted in Blogosphere, Humour, Philosophy on May 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Political philosopher Chris Bertram lays into Simon Blackburn’s attempt at mythbusting, over here. For another attempted demolition of Blackburn’s position, see Norm.
What particularly amused me was one of the remarks made by a commenter over at CT.
You have to understand, this is only his quasi-real opinion.
Lesbians claim that they’re not lesbians
Posted in Philosophy on May 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Over here. Fortunately, the Law of Non-Contradiction remains unscathed.
The man spearheading the case, publisher Dimitris Lambrou, claims that international dominance of the word in its sexual context violates the human rights of the islanders, and disgraces them around the world.
With nonsense like this abound, it’s clear that why people like James Griffin (Professor Emeritus, [...]
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