re: #212 Yashmak

Are you really trying to draw an equivalence between defense of citizens against national disasters, and issues of personal freedom? Really?

Metaphysically they are miles apart, but in terms of the proper role of government they are identical. People must be free to determine on their own how they will deal with risk from natural disasters. You cannot escape the fact that the government picks up a gun to rob someone in Maine to pay for muslide damage in California. That is flatly immoral.