submitted to the comments section at, http://oyvindstrommen.be/2011/07/27/journalist-resource-examples-of-extreme-right-reactions-to-terrorism-in-norway/comment-page-1/#comment-2 . oyvind finds me "guilty" of having posted on rare occasion at gates of vienna, though does not attribute to me any responsibility for the shooting in norway, but does want it known that i am an example of a right wing crazy, nonetheless. to show that, he/she quotes from an article i had written on john locke and self defense, in calendar year 2008, in support of the general contention that individuals have the right to defend themselves from islamic aggression, as individuals. no imprimatur of approval from the state authorities involved, i should imagine a very novel contention for a norwegian to swallow. you got to love the euro's, well, maybe not. http://wintersoldier2008.typepad.com/summer_patriot_winter_sol/2008/04/the-right-of-th.html well, close enough for horse shoes and hand grenades, i would suppose.
at any rate, follows the comment.--
oyvind:
you may be interested to know that the political theory and thought of john locke still exerts considerable influence upon american political thought, and jurisprudence. locke was an exponent of "natural law," and without going into it too deeply, suffice it to say that natural law theory was recently set forth in a recent united states supreme court case, washington d.c. vs. heller, as the underpinning in the analysis finding gun ownership/possession a protected individual right in the united states.
the article to which you link in your above post was concerning locke's analysis of self defense. you may be surprised to find out that locke's thinking in such matters enjoys considerable, and current, currency in such discussions.
i don't know your policy w/ regard to the posting of links in your "comments," and i hope i do not violate it, but, for your edification, and for the edification of your readers, i will leave an index of posts i have written analyzing self defense doctrines, to include those found in the torah, those set forth by contemporary islamic clerics & ayatollahs, and going back to augustine and acquinas.
i regard my thinking on the subject entirely in keeping with these scholarly argument from contemporary thinkers, and those from antiquity, but will leave it to your readers to form their own opinions should they care to read my works. http://wintersoldier2008.typepad.com/summer_patriot_winter_sol/2010/07/an-index-of-posts-on-self-defense-original-sources-at-the-posts-.html .
john jay
milton freewater, oregon usa
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