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This Issue:
Teen gets two
years -- for one joint's worth of marijuana... "Century's most
important new SF writer" is a libertarian... Are you building
brand name recognition for libertarianism?... A different kind of
letter to the editor... Final extension of T-shirt sale offer...
and much more!
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The Liberator Online
Vol. 11, No. 18 | August 31, 2006
Circulation: 67,835 subscribers in over 100 countries.
The world's largest-circulation libertarian publication!
Published by the Advocates for Self-Government
Edited by James W. Harris | Email: james(a)TheAdvocates.org
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"The
Advocates...provides you with the tools and methods to win
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Contents
PRESIDENT'S CORNER
* Another
kind of letter to the editor
WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE ADVOCATES
*
Advocates President speaks at Republican Liberty Caucus and Alabama
Libertarian Party events
* The Quiz in Cowtown
*
Acclaimed
Libertarian Communication Course
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS, UNBELIEVABLE NEWS
* Teen
Gets Two Years -- for One Joint's Worth of Marijuana
* Dangerous Teacher Halted By Wise Educrats
* "Century's Most Important New SF Writer" Is a Libertarian
* QUICK SHOTS: Congressional fries are French again, and more...
PERSUASION POWER POINT
#210
*
"Are You A Stealth Libertarian? Or Are You Building Libertarian
Brand Loyalty?" by Michael Cloud
ASK DR. RUWART
* How can
consumers deal with shady or unfriendly business practices?
* Should government have a designated "national language"?
ONE-MINUTE
LIBERTY TIP
*
Word Choices: Instead of "Abolish," by Sharon Harris
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PRODUCT REVIEW
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President's
Corner |
Dear
friends,
Last
issue I wrote about the great value of letters to the editor. One
organization, I pointed out, has estimated that a typical published
short letter of 225 words has a value equivalent to over $1,000
in newspaper advertising space.
There is one kind of letter to the editor that is frequently neglected:
a supportive letter.
Most letters to publications are opposition letters, written
to express disagreement or disapproval of a particular action, public
figure, or point of view.
That's understandable. And such letters are needed and valuable.
But it's also important to write to express agreement and
support.
When a newspaper editorial or column takes a pro-liberty position,
a supportive letter makes them aware that libertarians are their
allies on that issue. This may encourage them to take more such
positions, and to have a more favorable view of libertarians.
When a newspaper gives positive coverage to a libertarian event,
or reports a libertarian think-tank's findings, a letter expressing
agreement, and thanking the paper, further reinforces the original
story -- and may encourage the paper to run more such material.
Similarly, when someone writes a letter to the editor taking a pro-liberty
position, a letter stating your agreement adds strength to that
original letter -- and may encourage more readers to agree.
This kind of letter also lets you expand on the topic. "I agree
with your editorial that the War on Drugs has been a costly failure.
In fact, a recent study by the libertarian Cato Institute found
that..."
This may seem a simple and obvious idea. But sometimes the obvious
is the most easily overlooked. Look at your local newspaper. How
many letters do you see of this kind? And how many opportunities
for positive, supportive letters are neglected?
As always, use the words "libertarian" or "libertarianism"
to identify your positions. As Michael Cloud discusses in his column
in this issue, the "branding" of our libertarian "product"
is essential for our ideas to spread.
Thank you!
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Welcome
to 232
new Liberator Online subscribers this issue. Thanks for
joining our subscription "family" of 67,835
liberty-loving readers in more than 100 countries!
-- Sharon Harris, President | Email: sharon(a)TheAdvocates.org
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Happening With The Advocates
* September 7, 2006: Advocates President Sharon
Harris will give a talk entitled "How to Win Friends and Family
to Liberty" at Alabama's Auburn University on September 7,
2006. The speech, hosted by the Auburn University Libertarians,
will take place in the Foy Student Union Building at 7:00 pm. More
information here.
*
September 15-17, 2006: Advocates President Sharon Harris
will join a group of outstanding speakers at the Republican Liberty
Caucus 15th Annual Convention, in Orlando, Florida. Sharon will
be on a panel entitled "Moving People." Other speakers
include economists Mark Skousen and Randy Holcombe, and the Wall
Street Journal's Stephen Moore. The Republican Liberty Caucus
works to foster libertarian ideas within the Republican Party. More
information here.
*
Quiz in "Cowtown": Our thanks to the Cowtown
Humanist, the quirkily named monthly newsletter of the Humanists
of Fort Worth, Texas, which printed the Quiz on the front page of
their July 2006 issue. Editor Ray Weil noted that he had scored
liberal, and he expects that most of the newsletter's readers would
score liberal, too. It's yet another example of how people who aren't
libertarians still find the Quiz useful and insightful. Thanks for
the "Cowtown" coverage! See the newletter here.
(Note: Downloadable PDF file.)
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Good News,
Bad
News,
Unbelievable News |
By
James W. Harris
Teen
Gets Two Years for One Joint's Worth of Marijuana
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Eighteen-year-old
Mitchell Lawrence is serving a two year jail sentence -- for selling
1.12 grams of marijuana to an undercover cop in Great Barrington,
Massachusetts. That's about enough marijuana to fill a teaspoon,
about one joint's worth. The selling price: $20.00.
Lawrence -- who was 17 when arrested, and on track to graduate from
high school -- had never been in any legal trouble before.
So how did this first-time, non-violent, high school offender get
two years in the slammer for selling such a tiny amount of marijuana?
A hard-hitting two-minute flash movie, prepared by the anti-Drug
War Drug Policy Alliance, spells it out:
"It takes two things: A bad law. And a cruel prosecutor."
Lawrence received the two-year jail sentence because he was in a
designated "Drug-Free School Zone" -- that is, he was
within 1,000 feet of a school when the sale was made. An aggressive
district attorney decided to press school zone charges. Those charges
trigger a mandatory minimum sentence of two years in prison. The
judge expressed sympathy to the family about the harsh sentence,
but said his hands were tied by the mandatory sentence law.
Amazingly, Drug-Free Zones are so large that they frequently overlap,
and can cover the majority of densely populated urban areas. A study
in New Jersey found that 76% of Newark, 54% of Jersey City, and
52% of Camden were within Drug-Free Zones.
The flash movie explains that, contrary to assumptions, the Drug-Free
School Zone laws do nothing to protect children. According to the
movie:
* 98 percent of people arrested in "Drug-Free School Zones"
weren't selling drugs to children.
* 95 percent of all sales aren't near any schools.
* Most of those arrested have no idea they are in a so-called
school zone.
* 97 percent of all people arrested in "Drug-Free Zones"
are Black or Latino.
In short, the only function of "Drug-Free School Zones"
is to give Drug War zealots a backdoor means to arbitrarily jack
up prison sentences.
You can view the short movie -- and learn more about protests against
this case -- at the Web site below.
Source: Drug
Policy Alliance
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Dangerous
Teacher Halted By Wise Educrats
A Colorado
7th grade teacher was physically removed from his classroom by the
principal and placed on paid administrative leave on the second
day of school.
The principal told bewildered teacher Eric Hamlin that he was violating
state law -- specifically, a Colorado law that makes it illegal
to display foreign flags permanently in government schools.
A school district spokesman explained to Denver's KMGH-TV: "Under
state law, foreign flags can only be in the classroom [if] it's
tied to the curriculum. ... We have to uphold state law. We really
have no discretion when it comes to upholding the law."
True, Hamlin had indeed displayed several nations' flags in his
classroom. That's because the subject he taught was... world geography.
Following the incident, another Colorado middle school quickly removed
30 flags -- representing the home countries of its students -- from
its gym.
Source: KMGH-TV
The
Rocky Mountain News
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"Century's
Most Important New Science Fiction Writer" Is a Libertarian
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Imagine
a libertarian utopia. Now imagine that utopia a million years in
the future. That's what science fiction writer John C. Wright does
in his Golden Age trilogy -- and his daring feat of imagination
has earned him respect as perhaps "this fledgling century's
most important new SF talent" (according to Publisher's
Weekly).
The three books in the series -- The Golden Age (2002),
The Phoenix Exultant (2003), and The Golden Transcendence
(2003) -- feature immortal humans, a hundred-kilometer-long golden
spaceship, artificial intelligences, implanted memories, mysterious
enemies from another star system, and space battles.
Written in the grandiose style of a space opera, the books examine
serious themes of morality, identity, and liberty. In fact, the
climax of the trilogy involves a debate between the hero and an
evil artificial intelligence over the nature of reality and morality.
In the books, Wright says, "I propose a libertarian utopia,
blissfully without public property. I am proposing a government
so unobtrusive and so honest that few citizens even realize it exists;
the social organization in the Golden Age is entirely voluntary."
He's not exaggerating. In the trilogy, one character describes the
government as "unable to do anything except defend the peace,
unable to use force except to stop force." In the trilogy's
Appendix, Wright noted, "The severely limited powers of the
government in the Golden Age rendered government useless and unnecessary
for the conduct of daily affairs of life."
The trilogy's non-stop drama -- and its dizzying philosophical and
technological speculations -- have earned Wright praise from libertarian
science fiction fans.
Libertarian philosopher Roderick T. Long describes the Golden Age
as a "thoughtful, imaginative, and suspenseful tale of a libertarian
hero in rebellion against a libertarian utopia."
Libertarian writer Stephan Kinsella called it "just about the
best sci-fi I've ever read...by an obvious libertarian and proponent
of individualism. Highly recommended."
In an e-mail message to the Advocates for Self-Government, Wright
said he has "never publicly declared myself to be a libertarian...
When anyone asks me my political persuasion, I usually tell them
I am a Virginian." He also said he holds some political positions
that would make "a true-blue libertarian...denounce me."
"But," he added, "if your definition of libertarian
is broad enough to include all those who cherish human liberty,
or anyone persuaded of the rightness and sanity of the economic
philosophy of Ludwig von Mises and Adam Smith, then I accept the
honor without reservation."
In addition to the Golden Age, Wright is the author of Last
Guardian of Everness (2004), Mists of Everness (2005),
Orphans of Chaos (2005), Fugitives of Chaos (2006),
Titans of Chaos (2007), and the forthcoming Null-A
Continuum. Both Last Guardian of Everness and Mists
of Everness were nominated for the Prometheus Award for Best
Novel by the Libertarian Futurist Society. Orphans of Chaos
was a Nebula Award finalist in 2006.
Sources:
Edited from a longer profile by Advocates Director of Communications
Bill Winter. Read the
full profile here.
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QUICK
SHOTS...
*
Congressional
fries are French again:
Three years ago some Republican congressmen, angered by French opposition
to the Iraq War, ordered the menu in the congressional cafeteria
changed. French fries were renamed "freedom fries"; french
toast became "freedom toast." Recently, however, the menu
was quietly changed back; the fries and toast have returned to their
original names. The Republicans who won headlines three years ago
by loudly proclaiming the changes now huffily refuse to comment.
But some Democrats are having fun. "Now that they've changed
the name of the french fries back, maybe they will admit their other
foreign policy mistakes were wrong, too," said Brendan Daly,
a spokesman for Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, the House minority
leader.
* Your bill for Iraq (so far): The Iraq War has
cost the average American household $2,844, or $1,075 for the average
American. And that figure rises daily, as war spending is $10 million
per hour -- $244 million per day.
* Classic car communism: "Cuban dictator Fidel
Castro is still in the hospital with a serious medical condition.
Castro said that a half century of Communist rule seemed like a
good idea right up until the point he was rushed to the hospital
in a '55 Oldsmobile." -- Conan O'Brien, Late Night with
Conan O'Brien
Sources:
The
Washington Times
National
Priorities Project
About.com
Political Humor
* * *
"Good News, Bad News, Unbelievable News" is written by
Liberator Online editor James W. Harris. His articles have
appeared in numerous magazines and newspapers, and he has been a
Finalist for the Mencken Award, given by the Free Press Association
for "Outstanding Journalism in Support of Liberty."
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Persuasion Power
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#210 |
Are You
A Stealth Libertarian? Or Are You Building Libertarian Brand Loyalty?
By
Michael Cloud
[Editor's
note: Michael Cloud is traveling this week, so we're reprinting
a classic Persuasion Power Point from June 28, 2000.]
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"When I write letters to the editor, I use the stealth method,"
said a libertarian acquaintance. "I don't use the word `libertarian'
in the letter. That might alienate some of the readers. I just make
the case for cutting taxes, getting rid of this government agency
or that, or making government smaller. I let the merits speak for
themselves."
"Suppose you convince someone on the issue," I responded.
"How will he know that it's a libertarian viewpoint? How will
he know that he agrees with a libertarian proposal? And if you don't
tell him that it's a libertarian viewpoint, how will he know where
to look for *more* sensible solutions?"
If we want free markets, we must market freedom.
We must market our libertarianism like Coca-Cola, McDonald's, and
Starbucks do.
McDonald's doesn't use stealth advertising: "For a really good
hamburger, drive over to 123 North Elm. Bring your family."
No, McDonald's tantalizes and tempts us: "Come to McDonald's
for our mouth-watering, juicy Quarter Pounder... it'll make your
tongue dance. Delicious and satisfying. If you're hungry..."
McDonald's makes their brand name convenient and quick: "Right
off the 103 exit, with plenty of parking. We know you're hungry.
In less than 5 minutes you'll sink your teeth into your delicious
Quarter Pounder..."
McDonald's makes their brand name affordable: "....and it's
only $1.99 for your lip-smacking Quarter Pounder. Aren't you hungry?
Come in to McDonald's for your Quarter Pounder now."
McDonald's advertises "Quarter Pounders," not cheeseburgers.
McDonald's advertises "McDonald's," not hamburger stand.
Why?
Because McDonald's wants to create and sustain product brand name
recognition and company brand name recognition. Because McDonald's
is creating and sustaining product brand name loyalty and company
brand name loyalty.
We don't ask for a "cheeseburger"; we ask for a "Quarter
Pounder". We don't go to "the hamburger stand" for
lunch; we go to "McDonald's."
Every time they advertise, they remind us to ask for their
brand, not generic.
When McDonald's provides us with a good meal and a positive experience
at one of their restaurants, they EARN our future business. And
we ask for their brand of cheeseburger by name. We talk about "Quarter
Pounder" and "McDonald's" by name. Word of mouth
advertising.
Unless we libertarians brand-name our solutions "libertarian,"
people won't know where to shop.
When you write a letter to the editor, and propose a libertarian
solution, proudly label it "libertarian" in the letter.
When you call in to a talk radio show, and offer a libertarian alternative,
proudly label it "libertarian." When you give a speech
or have a conversation, and present a libertarian proposal, proudly
label it "libertarian."
Some people will begin to notice that every idea they like is libertarian...
and they may join us. Some people will realize that every real
tax cut proposal is libertarian... and they may join us. Some people
may buy libertarian books. Others may seek us out on the Internet...
and subscribe to the Liberator Online.
And as they find that the positions they like, the philosophy they
like, is libertarian, they will develop brand name loyalty to libertarianism.
The Stealth Libertarian misses out on all these benefits.
The Brand Name Libertarian enjoys brand loyalty and repeat business.
And he builds a movement and market that will make America a free
country again.
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Michael Cloud is author of the acclaimed book
Secrets of Libertarian Persuasion
available exclusively from the Advocates. In 2000, Michael was
honored with the Thomas Paine
Award as the Most Persuasive Libertarian Communicator in America.
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Dr.
Mary Ruwart is a leading expert in libertarian communication. In
this column she offers short answers to real questions about libertarianism.
To submit questions to Dr. Ruwart, see end of column.
How
can consumers deal with shady or unfriendly business practices?
QUESTION: "Consumers are often faced with unfriendly
or even shady practices by businesses. Examples: Businesses that,
after a purchase, add extra charges that are mandatory or needed.
Or financial institutions that set payments to be due just a few
days after you get the statement. How can consumers organize to
fight this? What role should the government play?"
MY
SHORT ANSWER: The most effective way to stop bad business
practices is to take your business elsewhere. I recently canceled
one of my credit cards because the company would not waive the late
charges when the bill was lost in the mail, even though I often
paid the company many days prior to the due date. My other credit
card companies have a much more flexible policy and would waive
late charges for an occasional postal snafu.
The customer service representative who handled my cancellation
told me that she would reverse the late charge if I wouldn't withdraw
my business. I told her I did not want to do business with a company
that only came through for their customers when they were ready
to leave.
Of course, if the company tacks on extra charges after purchase,
the best remedy is to refuse to pay them. If you've charged the
item, your credit card company can explain to you how to contest
it.
Consumer regulation is almost always more effective than government
regulation!
Should
government have a designated "national language"?
QUESTION: "I disagree with a recent answer of yours.
Mandating a national language does not 'force people to speak a
particular language,' but simply insures that government business
will be conducted in a designated language. People would be free
to speak whatever language they wish, but to conduct business with
the government they would have use the commonly accepted language
of the people. Doesn't language in this way serve as one of the
major ways to unite a nation?"
MY
SHORT ANSWER: Forcing peaceful people to do things differently
than they want to separates, rather than unites. Businesses today
try to accommodate different languages in order to prevent such
feelings of estrangement.
A government which insists that everyone interact with it in a single
language will probably create feelings of resentment, rather than
unity, in those who are not comfortable with that language. In essence,
the government is requiring its immigrants to learn the language
of its new country immediately or bear the additional cost of a
translator. This is hardly a trivial expense, since the Immigration
Office, a branch of government, would be included in the legislation
that you've outlined. Does this make more sense than having multi-lingual
Immigration Officers on staff?
Conducting government business in a single language may be legitimate
and may have its advantages, but uniting the nation is not one of
them. Indeed, proponents of national language are saying, in essence,
that they can't feel comfortable around those who don't speak as
they do. They want to force others to conform rather than honoring
their neighbors' choices. Should we encourage this attitude with
legislation or respectfully suggest some self-examination? Why not
let each government unit do what works best? For some, the dominant
language will be the norm. Others may find it easier to be bilingual
or even multi-lingual.
Liberty honors diversity, letting everyone do as they wish as long
as they don't initiate physical force, fraud, or theft against others.
Ironically, it is this honoring of diversity that creates unity.
Love of freedom unites a nation more effectively than love of a
particular language, religion, or skin color.
Because of the ethic of liberty, America became "the great
melting pot." Immigrants did not always learn to speak the
language of their new nation very well. However, their children
almost always did. The subsequent intermixing of cultures is part
of what has made our nation great. As they say in France, vive
le difference!
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Got questions? Dr. Ruwart has answers! If you'd
like answers to YOUR "tough questions" on libertarian
issues, email Dr. Ruwart at: ruwart(a)theAdvocates.org. Due to volume,
Dr. Ruwart can't personally acknowledge all emails. But we'll run
the best questions and answers in upcoming issues.
Dr. Ruwart's previous Liberator Online answers are archived
in searchable form.
Dr. Ruwart's outstanding books Healing Our World and
Short Answers to the Tough Questions are available
from the Advocates.
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One-Minute
Liberty
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Word
Choices: Instead of "Abolish"
By
Sharon Harris, Advocates President
Libertarians
want to end government provision of most, if not all, services,
and replace them with voluntary, market-based alternatives.
Therefore, talk of "abolishing" such government agencies
as the FDA, EPA, Department of Education, and so on is sweet music
to our libertarian ears.
But what about the ears of our non-libertarian audiences? To many
listeners, these are not just government agencies; they represent
positive concepts. To many, "FDA" means "safe drugs
and clean food," and the Department of Education means "a
good education for all children."
Of course, libertarians are not advocating abolishing safe drugs
and clean food and quality education. Yet this is exactly what some
listeners hear when we speak of abolishing such agencies and programs.
For some audiences, using the word "replace" instead of
"abolish" can get the same message out -- and help us
be more clearly understood. We want to replace the FDA
with much more effective, efficient, and consumer-oriented marketplace
solutions. We want to replace the EPA with strict enforcement
of tort law and property rights, with total violator responsibility,
and with improved technology. We want to replace failed
government schools by empowering parents to choose among a great
variety of superior education choices.
This makes it clear we want to get rid of these agencies and programs
-- that's what "replace" means, after all -- but it also
lets us show that we are good people who share our listeners' concerns,
and are offering an alternative that we believe is significantly
better than the existing one.
Please note that none of this is an attempt to evade the question,
or hide or water down our views. That's not necessary or desirable.
We're simply choosing words that take our uncompromising message
to our listeners more clearly and more attractively.
Of course, the word "abolish" or similar words (end, shut
down, etc.) are often appropriate. We want to abolish agencies like
the IRS, DEA, and BATF, whose functions would not exist in a free
society. We want to end the War on Drugs. Further, if we know that
our listeners agree with us that a particular agency or program
should be ended, then "abolish" may resonate better than
"replace."
As always, it is a matter of who you are speaking to, and why. Word
choices are powerful. As Mark Twain once noted, the difference between
the right word and the almost-right word is the difference
between lightning and the lightning bug."
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