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Ain't Nobody's Business if You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in a Free Society |
Author: Peter McWilliams
Published: 1996-06-30 |
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 A Classic Of Contemporary Legal Criticism
This classic of contemporary legal criticism was written by a man who has been martyred by the Libertarian movement. Peter McWilliams death at the hands of the Federal government added profound weight to his arguments against government intrusion into the lives of consenting adults. In this book he dared to expand beyond the legal struture to question the false morality under which these blue laws were written. His non-partisan approach should be read by liberals and conservatives alike who are interested in preserving our right to privacy.
Wow!
Great book exposes the truth that the so called moralists are truly evil. They are truly sick. I would say that they are the "beast". I thought that evil was a fairytale but I see that it truly exists in people who are moralists and who use the powers of the state to infringe upon other people. I would say the only choice is to vote Libertarian. If you wan't to hear no evil, see no evil and do not wan't to be disturbed then don't read this book. Author does an excellent job of laying out the facts without embellishment. The facts don't need to be exagerrated. The truth is horrible. Masses of people are craven and not courageous. Politicians are surely not courageous. They talk about nothing that really matters.
Our country was founded by people who wanted personal freedom as long as that freedom does not hurt others. "Give me liberty or give me death".
Somehow that has been forgotten and the masses have become great herds of low intelligence monsters full of incredibly violent natures seeking to declare "War" on things they do not understand with little intelligence or insight into what is right.
Much of the blame can be laid at the feet of religion which is the scourge of humanity.
Moralisic views that are forced are not healthy. I'm too disturbed by what I've read to continue. This world is full of sick sick people. I know this is not a good review but I don't even want to talk about what I've read. It's very disturbing. I'm disturbed for humanity. The people that are running this country are horrible and primitive. We are living in the dark ages. Maturity and balanced healthy outlooks have not kept pace with the technological advances. We're living in the land of brutal apes.
If you read one book on the subject...
Make it this one. This is hands down the best book on the topic. It beautifully (sometimes amusingly) goes over each argument for and against the idea of not just decriminalizing but legalizing consensual crimes.
Its a very easy read, with large font and interesting quotes from surprisingly supportive historical figures such as John Adams, Reagan advisors, bush advisors, and George Washington.
 Cocktail party-level analysis of law vs. privacy
This is not a Libertarian Political Book. Libertarians want to reform government so that all it does is provide an army, and privatize everything else. The "Libertarian" movement is mostly just selfish people who don't want to pay taxes plus businesses who want to pollute and otherwise cheat without government interference. I'm not a fan of either.
This book is a shallow study in privacy and freedom, in terms of "what can we still do behind closed doors without getting arrested." The premise is that we should be able to do anything we want so long as it does not affect other people, it does not involve coercion, and it does not involve children.
The people behind these arguments are usually gays, johns and/or pot smokers. (I guess you could be all 3) Each of these groups is willing to excuse the other groups' behavior in the name of protecting their own.
This author provides fairly witty observations, historical and personal, on various vices that are currently illegal to different degrees. He avoids the larger question, however: whether we are or are not our brothers' keepers, and if so, why? If we are all part of the web of humanity, each of us nodes of a larger collective consciousness, is there any way we can justify another person's drug use, mental illness, prostitution, or self abuse? If the bell tolls for me, and we are all one, then my government (of the people by the people and for the people) should intervene to avoid psychological or physical injury. Human compassion, robed in reigion or simply humanism, seems to demand as much.
Do we want to be free to isolate ourselves from each other? Should we really protect privacy as much as we do? What end does that serve? Our laws on sex and drugs should be immensly relaxed and reformed; however, are we following the golden rule by looking the other way while someone drowns?
The immense scope of this book prohibits any real insight - it is peppered with aphorisms and quotes, and it is a comprehensive summary of vice laws, their history, and their fallacies, but it is one-sided.
Readers seeking ammunition for cocktail party-level discussions of pot decriminalization and gay rights will find this book useful. Anyone seriously concerned with public policy will not.
Great book!
When I first got this book I was a little intimidated by the size but once I started reading I had a hard time stopping. It's a book that you can jump around in so don't feel the need to read it all at once or all the chapters in order. Well written and the author has a lot of facts to back him up. Totally recommend it!
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