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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> To an extent, yes, I'm afraid you should discount my view.   Pure
> libertarianism is and ideal, whether or not it works in the real 
> world remains to be seen.  Likely remains to be seen forever.

Yes. I like much about libertarianism. Whether it gets a chance to be 
tried, it seems to me, is whether its adherents ever learn that 
politics is the art of compromise.

 The point about this is
> that we have turned over our caution to the government totally and 
> naively.  We need to replace that with being informed and wary.

I think you know the steep hill to an informed populace. I think you 
know that is not accomplished by merely saying what we "need to do." 
What do you or the Libertarian Party suggest?

> I see the opposite. I see it [Caveat emptor] as favoring the wary, the
> informed, the savvy.

Again, the steep hill. How shall it be ascended?

> > I know the process. I believe, however, that to sit for the Virginia
> > bar exam, one must have graduated from an American Bar
> > Association-approved college.
>
> I believe that upon "reading the law" the candidate is entitled to take the
> Bar.  I say this because I was once in this process.


"Can I take the Virginia bar exam if I did not graduate from a law 
school which was approved by the American Bar Association (ABA) at 
the time of my graduation?

"No. The Board has adopted the ABA Standards for Approval of Law 
Schools. Thus it is unlikely that a law school which has been found 
not to comply with the Standards by the ABA would be approved by the Board."

http://www.vbbe.state.va.us/faq.html

Take the instance of small claims courts, attorneys
> are not allowed there (unless they are one of the disputants) and they work
> more efficiently by far than regular chancellory courts.

I very much like Small Claims Court procedures and have been involved 
in same, as well as arbitration, in which I was heavily involved and 
which I find even more efficient than SCC.