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The Price of Liberty

· Monday, April 12, 2004 · 6 comments

Steve Bainbridge sounds a call to arms:

If you love liberty, take up smoking and drinking, buy coffee from places that sell it too hot, eat red meat daily, wear fur, and support tort reform.

Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice.

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James Joyner
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James Joyner is Professor and Department Head of Security Studies at Marine Corps University's Command and Staff College. He's a former Army officer and Desert Storm veteran. Views expressed here are his own. Follow James on Twitter @DrJJoyner.

Comments

  1. Mithras says:
    Monday, 12 April 2004 at 16:18

    Please do. Also drive over the speed limit with the airbag disabled and your seatbelt unfastened.

  2. mark says:
    Monday, 12 April 2004 at 19:19

    And run with scissors.

  3. Mike says:
    Monday, 12 April 2004 at 22:06

    Sadly, your first two commenters only illustrate the Professor’s excellent point.

    Running with scissors? Sounds like somebody’s nanny, dosen’t it? Be a good lad, or an adult might come yell at you…

    The only thing I’d add to that list is, “Buy a gun”. Maybe some fireworks, too.

  4. Attila Girl says:
    Tuesday, 13 April 2004 at 01:55

    And taking liberties by pursuing vices is not extreme.

  5. Mithras says:
    Tuesday, 13 April 2004 at 11:15

    Remember … it’s not just a good idea, it’s the law.

  6. Joseph Hertzlinger says:
    Tuesday, 13 April 2004 at 22:19

    Is it okay if I just have a Hershey bar or two?

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