Rules and Exceptions

As a libertarian, I generally favor granting individuals freedom to engage in any activities that do not harm others. However, if a cohesive, illiberal theocratic faction emerges within society and grows ever more powerful, it may come to threaten this libertarian regime by virtue of the very freedom which gave it space to grow in the first instance. Consequently, we have a strong argument for designating this group's philosophy or religion, as practiced, an activity that harms others. Certain regulations could then be imposed to defang the serpent. Europe has yet to recognize what it is that has entered its garden of peace.