Julian, I think that perhaps you have misread John's position.  I didn't see it
at all as one of libertarianism, but rather as one of pacifism.  The question I
heard him asking is: does one kill people to stop people from killing people
(redundancies deliberate).  I think that he was opting  for more of a Ghandian
approach.  Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela, among others, would agree with
him (and don't forget Havel and Lech).  There is much historical evidence to
support such an approach.  On the other hand, there is the mid-East and the
Balkans and African tribal conflicts.  I'm with my interpretation of John on
this.  Dan Koenig

jujuross wrote:

> Hello Friends,
> I am a newcomer to this group and am aware that I'm jumping in at the deep
> end.
> John Korber's arguements regarding the bombing cannot be bettered from a
> libertarian point of view.  Thing is I wouldn't like to have to make them to
> a family being driven out of their own village by Serb troops.  Do any of
> us, living far away have the right to strike strident positions on this
> tragedy?  Yes John, I will continue to work for the world we all want to see
> and to do the little an individual can do to lessen my neighbour's suffering
> but I am not going to issue my own prescriptions viv a vis the bombing,
> which as an individual I feel confused about.  If anybody is concerned "to
> do something" they might like to consider support work for the asylum
> seekers from Kosovo (and throughout the Balkans) who are currently in a dire
> situation, in the U.K. at least.
>
> Julian Ross
>
> Newport, South Wales, U.K.