On The Third Hand
A Proud member of the Brigade of Bellicose WomenThe liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending at all hazards; and it is our duty to defend them against all attacks. — Samuel Adams
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31 December, 2001: "Libertarian VS left and right"By Kathy Kinsley One thing I enjoy about Libertarians is that they manage to get both the right and left up in arms. There's been a major blog war on guns going on,with Libertarian Samizdata'sPerry de Havill and Dale Amon on one side VS AintNoBadDude's Brian Linse and Qausiundit'sTony Adragna on the other. It's been interesting reading. Almost lost amidst the gun discussion; however, is the much more interesting (to me) debate on compassion VS morality that is going on between Natalija Radic of Liberarian Samizdata and Kevin Holtsberry of Ideas etc., over the Australian debate on the ethics of dying 15-year-old's wish for sex. His wish was granted, and Natlija wrote an article in favour of granting that wish. I read the article, gave it a mental "you go, girl" and thought no more of it. Then I saw that Kevin objected on moral and legal grounds. I considered blogging a defense of Natalija, but I figured she was an adult and could defend herself, against both Kevin and oddball e-mails, which she has done quite well. I'm fairly sure that Kevin would take exception to my calling this a debate on compassion VS morality (or even legality), but that is exactly what it is. I'm weighing in on the side of compassion. Sex is a basic human pleasure, and surely he deserved some pleasure, after all the pain he had suffered. Anyone who wants to send me strange e-mails may click on the contact button above. I'm solidly with Natalija on this; doing the legal and moral thing in this case would have been nothing less than cruelty.
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