UNR Students for Liberty

Thank You

John Russell — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:35:52 +0000

Dear friends, supporters, readers, and haters of the UNR Students for Liberty,

As children, we learn certain acceptable behaviors and concepts which are necessary to deal with other people. We learn things like: “don’t hit”, “don’t steal”, and “don’t lie”. Simple enough, but something happens as we begin to enter the adult world. We begin to realize that such concepts don’t actually seem to apply to the people who told us these things in the first place. We figure out that even though they told us not to hit, or steal, or lie, they themselves find it okay to do it – typically by asking someone else to do it on their behalf.

For the past four years, this club has fought to bring back the principles we learned as children. To show people that, just because something has been happening for a long time, doesn’t mean it is necessarily good. But just like little kids who would kick and scream when being told something they feel is wrong, my experience in this group has showed me that when presenting this idea to adults, they too are quick to begin internally kicking and screaming within their own inconsistency.

It has been such a joy identifying the absurdity of their worldview and presenting them with an alternative they have already learned as children. It is heartening to see that there are a lot of people our age who get it. Who understand that violence, theft, and coercion are almost never better than voluntary cooperation, persuasion, and peace. And although this club is now winding down due to the graduation of the leadership, I know that the message is something that can only continue to gain momentum.

Hurting, stealing, and lying to innocent people is wrong no matter who you are. And spreading a message like that is something we can all be proud of.

Sincerely,
John Russell
Founder

PS: If you would like to continue following our articles, Barry and I both have new blogs:
Analog Dilemma – http://analogdilemma.blogspot.com/ – Barry Belmont
tl;dr – http://toolongdidntread.com/ – John Russell

Our Final Meeting

Barry Belmont — Mon, 02 May 2011 19:38:48 +0000

For all those interested, our final campus discussion ever will take place this Tuesday, May 3rd, at 7 PM in the Grand Ballroom of the the Student Union. After this meeting we are dismantling the club for good.

In the coming weeks we will explain our rationale more fully and give some final thoughts on the whole experiment that has been UNR Students for Liberty. We (much to the chagrin of Mr. Given) will also be closing up shop on this blog. However, we will continue to host the content and redesign this as an archive of our past work, hopefully inspiring others in their own pursuits.

And before we begin this deconstructing process, we just want to thank everyone who has been a frequent subscriber of this site and all those who have help make our organization what it was.

Friday Afternoon Lulz: America. F. Yeah.

Barry Belmont — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 22:40:55 +0000

Live Stream – Ron Paul – UNR

John Russell — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 01:11:06 +0000

I will be attempting to stream Ron Paul’s speech at Lawlor tonight at 7PM so long as my phone’s battery holds up!

Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek Round Two

John Russell — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:40:07 +0000

They made another one!!

F. The. Police.

Barry Belmont — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 22:11:47 +0000

It’s shit like this…

So long as police (or anyone for that matter) are capable of initiating violence against innocent individuals without fear of reprisal, we will never be free.

Petition to Redistribute GPA Scores

John Russell — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 04:03:06 +0000

Just fantastic.

Friday Morning Lulz: It Just Makes Sense

Barry Belmont — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:01:10 +0000

Oh Reason TV, you’re so funny.

Ron Paul’s Coming To Reno

Barry Belmont — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 03:54:38 +0000

Visualize Your Taxes

John Russell — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 16:17:34 +0000

Google sponsored a contest where contestants would submit data visualizations on the federal taxes people in America pay. Today they announced the winners of the competition which can be found here -> http://www.datavizchallenge.org/ With the American central bank beginning to lose its grip on a good credit rating, one can only conclude that taxation is inevitably going to rise in the future.