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Entry: Spitzer on the Hook Link: http://www.takimag.com/sniperstower/article/book_him#19548 Post contents: Three thoughts as a libertarian on Spitzer's predicament: (1) One must never do anything to assist the state in enforcing unjust laws, even though the person in question is a scumbag. If one is on a jury, one votes to acquit a Spitzer on a prostitution charge, or a Limbaugh on a drug charge, then afterwards one denounces the defendant as vile and loathsome scum with whom no decent person would ever associate. (2) While one should never assist the state, one is under no obligation to assist a Spitzer or a Limbaugh in their defense. If anything, assisting these hypocrites should be looked upon as , at best, poor judgment. Why not help a poor and friendless person instead? (3) Since the situation in America is beyond hope anyway, if these powerful hypocrites go down, there is no harm in Schadenfreude over their fate, any more than over a Communist official in the USSR going down over dealing in the black market. Sent at: 2008 09 06