Tag Archives: Arma Virumque

Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other

17th
Aug. × ’12
By Roderick

The guy who shot a security guard at the Family Research Council’s offices was wearing a “backpack full of Chick-fil-A sandwiches.” So is this like carbon offsetting?

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Cordial and Sanguine, Part 40: Seen and Unseen

21st
Jul. × ’12
By Roderick

Whenever there’s a violent tragedy, someone immediately starts using it as an excuse to restrict civil liberties. Many on the left understand this when it comes to the Patriot Act, but not when it comes to gun control. (Conservatives have selective blindness in the opposite direction.) In deontological terms, the right to self-defense is the [...]

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Understanding Your Ground

22nd
Mar. × ’12
By Roderick

Lawrence O’Donnell, Ed Schultz, Rachel Maddow, et hoc genus omne are desperately trying to have it both ways. On the one hand, they want it to be the case that George Zimmerman’s shooting of Trayvon Martin was unlawful, so that they can blame the authorities for not arresting and prosecuting him. On the other hand, [...]

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Way Long Gone, Part 3

9th
Jul. × ’11
By Roderick

I got back from my voyages on Monday (I announce belatedly). PorcFest was anarchy in miniature: people were smoking weed, packing heat, selling unlicensed food and alcohol, and generally behaving in a peacefully unauthorised fashion. There were pistol safety classes, gay dance parties, and sessions on everything from polyamory, transhumanism, and cop avoidance to alternative [...]

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Cory Maye To Be Freed

1st
Jul. × ’11
By Roderick

Cory Maye, about whose case I’ve blogged previously (here, here, here, and here), is finally due to be released. (CHT Sheldon.) It falls short of what he deserves – he was required to plead guilty to manslaughter for exercising his right to defend himself and his family, and he’s being offered no compensation for the [...]

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Non Sub Homine?

28th
May. × ’11
By Roderick

The President is above the law. The police are above the law. So what’s the point of having laws, again?

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