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From: torek@umich.UUCP (Paul V. Torek )
Newsgroups: net.politics.theory
Subject: Pollution: no libertarian solution!
Message-ID: <353@umich.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 10-Dec-85 00:48:37 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 10 00:48:37 1985
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References: <876@water.UUCP> <28200245@inmet.UUCP>
Reply-To: torek@umich.UUCP (Paul V. Torek )
Organization: University of Michigan, EECS Dept., Ann Arbor, MI
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Keywords: property rights, justice
Summary: Re: Re: Re: Newsflash! [JoSH on Socialis

In article <841@mmintl.UUCP> franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) writes:
>Here we get closer to the real issues.  It is impossible to do ANYTHING
>without polluting at least a little bit.  Where do you draw the line?
>More to the point, HOW do you draw the line?  I have yet to see a
>reasonable response to any of these questions from any libertarian.

Let's put the issue in down-home terms:  is it OK for me to piss in the
toilet over there, where the waste will eventually be treated (but not
rendered *completely* innocent) and then dumped in some river?  I went 
through several rounds of discussion with Nat Howard on this once,
and never got a convincing answer.

Do libertarians have a principled solution?  Hurry up with those answers --
I can't hold it in forever!

--the blooming iconoclast, Paul V Torek				torek@umich