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3 Libertarian Papers 1 (2011)
Evictionism is Liberarian; Departurism is Not: Critical Comment on Parr

handle is hein.journals/libpa3 and id is 755 raw text is: LIBERTARIAN PAPERS VOL. 3, ART. No. 36 (2011) EVICTIONISM Is LIBERTARIAN; DEPARTURISM IS NOT: CRITICAL COMMENT ON PARR WALTER E. BLOCK* 1. Introduction I have been attempting to promote the evictionist theory since 1977, as a libertarian response to the debate between the pro choice and the pro life viewpoints.' All told, so far, I have published ten separate articles on this vitally important issue (Block, 1977, 1978, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2010A, 2010B, 2010C, 2011; Block and Whitehead, 2005). For a long time I was a sole voice crying out in the wilderness on this issue; there were no responses forthcoming. Then, happily, Wisniewski (2010A, 2010B, 2011) did me the honor of publicly responding to my publications on this subject. I am now delighted to welcome Parr (2011) to this debating circle.2 *Walter E. Block (www.WalterBlock.com; wblock(a)oyno.edu) is Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair and Prof. of Economics, College of Business, Loyola University New Orleans and a Senior Fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. CITE THIS ARTICLE AS: Walter E. Block, Evictionism is Libertarian; Departurism is Not: Critical Comment on Parr, Libertarian Papers 3, 36 (2011). ONLINE AT: libertarianpapers.org. THIS ARTICLE IS subject to a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (creativecommons.or2/licenses). 1 My school newspaper, The Maroon, ran a column on this debate in their 11/18/11 issue (www.loyolamatoon.com/news/some-students-unhappy-with-one-voice- 1.2673019). Needless to say, the author of this article offered two and only two choices: I am: pro choice; pro life; they of course missed both evictionism and departurism. 2 J thank him for his very kind assessment of my contributions to libertarian theory in his acknowledgements section; and, also, for his support of my views vis a vis those of Wisniewski. I am grateful to Parr for reading me so carefully and accurately. All too often, critics put words in the mouths of their targets. Not so, not at all, in this case. Here, Parr and I have achieved real disagreement. We do not pass each other as ships in the might. At least, he does not misunderstand me. I hope to return his compliment. However, I cannot agree with Parr's claim that the only matters of importance are whether or not the trespasser on topic willfully intended to trespass and whether or not he intends to put an end to it. Surely, comatose people, or fetuses for that matter, can be (non-criminal) trespassers, if they occupy other people's property without the permission of the latter. They would not be criminals, as they lack mens rea (unless they first trespassed, and then 1

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