Minor Thoughts from me to you

Adam, I'm ecstatic to hear about Sam Dodson's recent success. It's about time we libertarians see something positive happen.

And yet, I'm not sure that I feel free to emulate his example. After all, I have a wife and children to support. They depend on my job to keep our house, keep our healthcare, and keep us in groceries that don't come from a dumpster. That's a big responsibility and one I feel daily.

I'd love to follow in his footsteps. I'd love to challenge the State -- and win. I'd love to pledge "my life, my fortune, and my sacred honor" to the service of Lady Liberty. She's a fine Lady. But doing so feels like a self-indulgent hobby when I have more than myself to worry about.

Perhaps some forms of resistance are best left to those who are relatively unattached -- or who feel the jack boot of oppression more strongly. For now, I'm more inclined to support a series of libertarian tracts than I am to risk serious jail time. I don't think that our fellow citizens are beyond persuasion yet.

Perhaps a two pronged approach may yet be successful.