flink@umcp-cs.UUCP (Paul Torek) (01/07/85)
The following was quoted a while back by Cipriani (I think it came from an official libertarian party platform): > 3. Unowned Resources > We oppose any recognition of fiat claims by national governments or > international bodies to unclaimed territory. INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE RIGHT > TO HOMESTEAD UNOWNED RESOURCES both within the jurisdictions of national > governments and within such unclaimed territory as the ocean, Antarctica, > and the volume of outer space. We urge the development of objective > international standards for RECOGNIZING HOMESTEADED CLAIMS to private > ownership of such forms of property as transportation lanes, broadcast > bands, mineral rights, fishing rights, and ocean farming rights. [emphasis added --pvt] Would a libertarian please explain (assuming he agrees) what is meant by the second emphasized passage and show the first to be implied by basic libertarian principles. I contend that, if "homesteading" means what it would appear to mean (i.e., acquiring a permanent, bequeathable property right), the first emphasized passage is not (unless qualifiers are inserted) consistent with basic libertarian principles. Touche, --The Accomplished Iconoclast, Paul V. Torek (reply-to:)wucs!wucec1!pvt1047
cjk@ccice2.UUCP (Chris Kreilick) (01/09/85)
> > Would a libertarian please explain (assuming he agrees) what is meant > by the second emphasized passage and show the first to be implied by > basic libertarian principles. I contend that, if "homesteading" means > what it would appear to mean (i.e., acquiring a permanent, bequeathable > property right), the first emphasized passage is not (unless qualifiers > are inserted) consistent with basic libertarian principles. > > Touche, --The Accomplished Iconoclast, > Paul V. Torek (reply-to:)wucs!wucec1!pvt1047 Is your last name Touche? I thought it was Torek, that's what you've been using. Please clarify. -- Bronto hunter