Saturday, August 16, 2003

Frivolous Lawsuits

I find it sort of weird when libertarians get all upset about frivolous lawsuits, when court enforcement of private contracts is on the short list of legitimate government functions. Frivolous is in the eye of the beholder, of course.

I've generally perceived the libertarian "paradise" as more Bleak House than Lord of the Flies.*

*Note, I didn't put "Atlas Shrugged" here as I've never quite understood why John Galt gave away his magic energy machine for free...