Comments on: Belated Austro-Athenian Plug http://aaeblog.com/2010/01/05/belated-austro-athenian-plug/ "Austro" as in Rothbard and Wittgenstein, "Athenian" as in Aristotle and smashing-the-plutocracy. Fri, 25 May 2012 22:14:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Roderick http://aaeblog.com/2010/01/05/belated-austro-athenian-plug/comment-page-1/#comment-354813 Roderick Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:10:01 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=4303#comment-354813 Time is relative; in some reference frames that was only a few minutes ago. Time is relative; in some reference frames that was only a few minutes ago.

]]> By: Black Bloke http://aaeblog.com/2010/01/05/belated-austro-athenian-plug/comment-page-1/#comment-354812 Black Bloke Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:24:23 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=4303#comment-354812 It's been a little while now. I'm just saying… http://aaeblog.com/2009/01/25/the-atrocity-of-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-349072 It’s been a little while now. I’m just saying…

http://aaeblog.com/2009/01/25/the-atrocity-of-hope/comment-page-1/#comment-349072

]]> By: Natailya Petrova http://aaeblog.com/2010/01/05/belated-austro-athenian-plug/comment-page-1/#comment-354632 Natailya Petrova Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:42:34 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=4303#comment-354632 I'd forgotten he was writing a diss., but I am glad to hear it's online! I’d forgotten he was writing a diss., but I am glad to hear it’s online!

]]> By: Billy http://aaeblog.com/2010/01/05/belated-austro-athenian-plug/comment-page-1/#comment-354613 Billy Fri, 08 Jan 2010 13:17:08 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=4303#comment-354613 True, true. Just using the little legal knowledge I have to be a pedant! True, true.

Just using the little legal knowledge I have to be a pedant!

]]> By: Anon73 http://aaeblog.com/2010/01/05/belated-austro-athenian-plug/comment-page-1/#comment-354608 Anon73 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:38:13 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=4303#comment-354608 Yes but it's obviously not just from a libertarian perspective is what I was getting at. For example if you steal your own umbrella mistakenly thinking it is somebody else's, then there is no victim and hence no crime. Yes but it’s obviously not just from a libertarian perspective is what I was getting at. For example if you steal your own umbrella mistakenly thinking it is somebody else’s, then there is no victim and hence no crime.

]]> By: Billy http://aaeblog.com/2010/01/05/belated-austro-athenian-plug/comment-page-1/#comment-354606 Billy Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:07:08 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=4303#comment-354606 It's not that one is still guilty of the crime, but that one is guilty of an attempted crime (aka inchoate offences). The 'thief' who 'steals' from the empty pocket is not guilty of theft but of attempted theft. It’s not that one is still guilty of the crime, but that one is guilty of an attempted crime (aka inchoate offences). The ‘thief’ who ‘steals’ from the empty pocket is not guilty of theft but of attempted theft.

]]> By: Anon73 http://aaeblog.com/2010/01/05/belated-austro-athenian-plug/comment-page-1/#comment-354588 Anon73 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:01:34 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=4303#comment-354588 An amusing fact from wikipedia: Apparently in the US and British common laws it is no defense to prosecution for the crime to be impossible to commit. Thus, attempting to steal from an empty pocket is still considered the same crime as if something was actually stolen from a full pocket: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inchoate_offense#Impossibility The article outlines several cases of defendants harming people who were already dead, or shooting at buildings mistakenly believed to have people inside. An amusing fact from wikipedia: Apparently in the US and British common laws it is no defense to prosecution for the crime to be impossible to commit. Thus, attempting to steal from an empty pocket is still considered the same crime as if something was actually stolen from a full pocket:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inchoate_offense#Impossibility

The article outlines several cases of defendants harming people who were already dead, or shooting at buildings mistakenly believed to have people inside.

]]> By: Brandon http://aaeblog.com/2010/01/05/belated-austro-athenian-plug/comment-page-1/#comment-354583 Brandon Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:52:37 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=4303#comment-354583 Noted and changed. Noted and changed.

]]> By: Geoffrey Allan Plauché http://aaeblog.com/2010/01/05/belated-austro-athenian-plug/comment-page-1/#comment-354582 Geoffrey Allan Plauché Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:13:20 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=4303#comment-354582 Oh, btw, my blog has moved from veritasnoctis.blogspot.com to www.veritasnoctis.net/blog. Oh, btw, my blog has moved from veritasnoctis.blogspot.com to http://www.veritasnoctis.net/blog.

]]> By: Geoffrey Allan Plauché http://aaeblog.com/2010/01/05/belated-austro-athenian-plug/comment-page-1/#comment-354581 Geoffrey Allan Plauché Wed, 06 Jan 2010 14:12:15 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=4303#comment-354581 Thanks for the plug, Roderick! Thanks for the plug, Roderick!

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