Political metaphors (was Re: on ann coulter

[Doug Millison]

jbor:
> What I wrote was that, in the novel
>_Mason & Dixon_, GW grants Gershom absolute liberty.

Gershom's a slave but enjoys absolute liberty?  Thanks for clearing that up.

What kind of liberty is it that one person has the power to "grant" to
another?  The power to grant is also the power to take away.

Pynchon's Washington legally owns Gershom.

Your assertion remains absurd.




http://rpuchalsky.home.att.net/libfaq.html
Do the Libertarians really believe that slavery should be legal?
Some do, you bet! Many Libertarians of the anarcho-capitalist variety
believe that you can't really own something unless you can sell it.
Therefore, since you own yourself you can sell yourself. They have no
problems with selling yourself into slavery as long as it is "voluntary"
(i.e. as long as you are starving and see no other way to get food, for
instance.) Some Libs will indignantly claim that they don't believe in
slavery. Usenet threads on the subject generally reveal that
at least 1/3
of Libertarians support slavery
and think that it should be legal for one
human being to own another.