Comments on: Why Libertarians are Dancing on Spitzer’s Grave

By: Larry Sheldon

Larry Sheldon — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:13:47 +0000

What is the Libertarian (or libertarian, if you'd rather) position on hypocrisy? From my reading of the news, it looks like he is in trouble for money laundering (taxpayer's money?) not prostitution.

But in any case, hypocrisy is the crime he committed and the situation is a lot like nailing Capone for tax evasion.

By: M. Hodak

M. Hodak — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:08:35 +0000

I guess it all comes down to how one defines “community.” If you’re actually in the Rockies, and I’m in Manhattan, are we in the same community? Do you really give a damn who I sleep with all the way across the country? Should I really care about what you buy for consumption in your home 2,000 miles away?

By: States-Rights

States-Rights — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:54:52 +0000

Rocky, I understand the idea of a community wanting to have some say in the way that that community wants to live. I just think that that idea is wrong. Individuals should be able to decide how they want to live. It is also not the Federal government’s job to decide on these types of community issues. Even if individual communities have the right to make these kinds of decisions. It should be a lot easy for other individual communities to legalize drugs and prostitution.

By: Rocky Mountain

Rocky Mountain — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:18:52 +0000

“Eliot Spitzer has been brought down for a crime most libertarians don’t think should be a crime”

What non-crime are you talking about – laundering money? I think you mean buying sex which Libertarians seem really keen on legalizing. In fact, the thing I associate Libertarians most with is legalized prostitution and legalized drugs. I think Libertarian’s biggest philosophical problem is that they can’t understand or at least don’t seem to really accept the idea of a community wanting to have some say in the way that most of them want to live. Yes, yes it is going to happen anyway (sex, drugs, and maybe even rock ‘n roll) just like theft, fraud, and murder. Now that we have legalized pornography and have franchised or sanctioned other forms of essentially anti-social behavior we can see the tip of the “as long as you don’t bother anybody else” Libertarian iceberg.

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:29:35 +0000

Living out here on the Left Coast, I had no idea that Spitzer was the thug that he was. He makes Tail Gunner Joe look like a piker. Sometimes a little vigilante justice is a good thing!

By: morganovich

morganovich — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:51:12 +0000

live by the sword, die by the sword.

i have little doubt that the details of this investigation that are surfacing so quickly and splashily in the media are the result of leaks and positioning by spitzer's enemies, who are legion.

he has certainly done the same to his opponents/targets in his time, so i agree, it is difficult to muster much sympathy for him now.