“Mr. Root is new to the LP; he doesn’t understand how liberty works because he hasn’t done his homework. He doesn’t understand the hidden dangers in government’s monopoly on force; he scorns the notion that justice is best served when we have competition in everything, including courts, police, and national defense. He calls such competition ‘anarchy;’ I call it ‘freedom from government oppression.’ Had Mr. Root walked in Steve Kubby’s shoes and had his children ripped from his arms, he might consider more carefully the unintended consequences of bans and prohibitions. Instead, as Mr. Root freely admits, he reacts emotionally to the superstitious belief that passing a law ‘makes it so.’” (05/09/08)