# Are Libertarian and logic incompatible?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-libertarian-and-logic-incompatible/121746>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [July 31, 2002, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-libertarian-and-logic-incompatible/121746 "2002-07-31T19:39:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-libertarian-and-logic-incompatible/121746/61 "2002-08-14T18:09:52Z")

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> Still, all ways around, it’s been an informative, if highly charged, discussion.

We can certainly agree on that.

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> Right. That only leaves with The Problem of Evil to contend with.

What problem?

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**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-libertarian-and-logic-incompatible/121746/62 "2002-08-14T18:23:02Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Libertarian \*
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> What problem? \*\*

With the way you stretch language beyond comprehension, obviously, for you, none.

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**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-libertarian-and-logic-incompatible/121746/63 "2002-08-14T18:31:57Z")

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PS-Just for fun, care to give some attributes to this “Supreme Being” you’ve pulled out of a hat? As it stands now, he/she/it remains completely meaningless to me.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-libertarian-and-logic-incompatible/121746/64 "2002-08-14T21:53:17Z")

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> As it stands now, he/she/it remains completely meaningless to me.

That’s correct.

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**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-libertarian-and-logic-incompatible/121746/65 "2002-08-15T14:59:58Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Libertarian \*  
> \*\*That’s correct. \*\*

Well then, glad we were able to settle this whole thing so amicably.

Can’t say that I see what all the fuzz was about – don’t know what lead some to believe you’d proven God’ existance instead of a meaningless concept. 😉

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-libertarian-and-logic-incompatible/121746/66 "2002-08-16T11:05:30Z")

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Hmm. Maybe I should explain. See, when _your_ nose itches, the rest of us don’t have to scratch.

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**Author:** ![RedFury](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@RedFury](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedFury)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2002, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-libertarian-and-logic-incompatible/121746/67 "2002-08-16T11:58:51Z")

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Unless I proved to you that a ‘Supreme Nose Itcher’ was not only possible but well…necessary.

See, there’s this neat little formula someone posted, by which I can “prove” all kinds of things. The conclusions might not be sound, but hey! The formula itself stands up to scrutiny.

So, substitute your Supreme Being for my Master Nose Itcher and go scratch!

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