No, not at all. We will leave it up to government to enforce such child-protecting measures as forced doses of Ritalin, or TRIS-treated pajamas. Both are/were government mandates so They Are Good.

It is because it is government officials doing it, and that means It Is Good. The government always has our best interests at heart.

“Let me get this straight, you’re a Jew?”

Is that supposed to be sarcasm?

There are many rare and collectible toys which do not meet today’s safety standards. Should they all be destroyed?

In many garage sales, the seller will have many items whose nature and worth are essentially unknown. He may put out a bunch of items for $1 each, knowing that some may well be worth $10 to the right buyer, and others not even worth $0.10 to anybody, but also knowing that the items aren’t worth anything to him. If he gets $1 each for some items that were worth $10, and the rest of the items go out to the curb, that’s better than simply junking everything.

Requiring sellers to research the stuff they’re selling would put an end to that type of sale. Any item whose worth isn’t known to be worth the research cost would simply be junked. If the goal is to force poor families to spend money on new toys when they could have gotten some old toys for a song, forcing such destruction of old toys may be a good way to achieve it. But if the goal is to help poor people save money, outlawing garage sales is the wrong thing to do.

“They lose me after the crucifixion scene,”

No doubt these “New York officials” are getting ready to “help” people with the garage sale laws as well. But they’re not being heavy-handed. They just want their money.

‘So, as libertarians you’re all in favor of selling defective toys to children?’

you bet- hell, that’s why halloween’s my favorite holiday- so I can put razor blades in apples to hurt the kiddies…

you were being sarcastic, right?

So, as libertarians you’re all in favor of selling defective toys to children?

Only if they’re included as a free gift with every gram of heroin sold.

#22 Chuchundra

So, as libertarians you’re all in favor of selling defective toys to children?

Libertarians believe that there’s a reason parents are called parents and the government isn’t.

Sheesh

This is just another reason why the libertarian perspective doesn’t get much attention. Since it’s a third perspective, there’s no room for it in the mainstream media. The only way they can give it any notice at all is of they pair it with one of the two accepted perspectives (ie: conservative or liberal, republican or democrat). That’s made easier by liberals and conservatives who claim to be libertarian (and who usually aren’t).