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Subject: Re: Litigation
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> This is a complete change subject (so I changed the subject line).
> This quote got me to wondering -- is there any connection between the
> libertarian fondness for litigation, and the current mushrooming of
> litigation in the United States?
> 
> The most obvious connection would be that libertarian thought has made
> people more likely to sue.  I doubt this; the ideas don't seem to be
> that widespread, and the people doing the suing don't seem to be the
> libertarians...
> 
> Frank Adams

Most of the stuff on the net by people who identify themselves as
libertarians has been strongly against "frivolous" lawsuits.  The
principal argument has been that a sue-happy society is eroding
our basic notions about personal responsibility, a value which is
crucial for libertarianism to have any hope of working.  If the
citizenry does not feel itself to be responsible for its actions
(individually, of course), whole cities would have to be converted
into courtrooms to hold the vast population of litigants.

As any anarchist will tell you, anarchy is not chaos.  The discipline
not imposed from outside must come from inside.
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