Kym Robinson | The Libertarian Institute

British Moralism, ‘Video Nasties,’ and Our Right to Watch Movies

by Kym Robinson | May 21, 2024 | Featured Articles

There was a time when one would have to wait for a theatrically released movie to appear on television before it could be seen again. Only certain movies would be available and then often edited for run time and censorship concerns. Then came the video tape and movie rentals. Suddenly all sorts of titles, even those not originally shown at the cinema, were available on home video. And inevitably, government stepped in to prohibit and regulate which videos a person was allowed to view. In Great Britain a panic emerged: it was known as the "Video Nasties," and the Conservatives and religious...

The heroic Robert Fisk would be rolling in his grave!

by Kym Robinson | May 20, 2024 | Blog

The West, Inc prides itself on the rhetoric of individual rights. We know this not to be true, collectivism reigns supreme! War and foreign policy, the collectivists delight, where racism and every -ism is validated and enforced. You see, Palestinians right now are officially evil. They are all "snakes", terrorists. Remember the Islamo-Fascists? Well they are located in the enclaves known as Palestine, even the Christians and atheists among them are all Islamic Jihadi "Mohammedan" killers we are told. Many across the globe can watch genocide occurring, able to find evidence of children...

Product of a Spectacle, ramblings from a has been fighter

by Kym Robinson | May 19, 2024 | Blog

The barn stank of manure and diesel, men stirred in their waiting, the few women present clung to their man. I was nineteen, I had sparred, been in scraps and ‘challenged’ martial artists to matches inspired by the Gracies, except I didn’t have the money to call it a “challenge”. Alone I walked towards bushy beards, bellies, tank tops and every second hand filled with a can. The feral energy had it’s own aroma, unwashed men covered by Brut and beer. The voyeurs and would doers watched on from the outside. Dirt was the arena, barrels, a single wood post, hay bails, a woman most likely named...

How Will Australia Respond to Its Series of Stabbings?

by Kym Robinson | May 13, 2024 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles

A person's right to defend themself is sacred. It is only through the arbitrary magic of government that we create a set of standards that determine what a person is allowed to do in the moments of frightful violence. In Australia, for example, government arbitration decides whether a person is allowed to carry something to protect themselves. This is not just limited to firearms but includes mace, knives, clubs, or any item that may have the intent to be used for self-defense. The individual is then made dependent on the regional monopoly, a public service that has deemed itself the sole...

The Weekend at Bernie’s Election

by Kym Robinson | May 6, 2024 | Featured Articles, Politics

It’s time for the most important election again, a rematch. The American voter will decide who will sit at the head of the world’s biggest government. A pick between two old men, each of whom have had four years as president. Donald Trump, AKA "Orange Man," has his fans, trolls, and "reformed" neocons clamor to see him upset the "woke" mob and to Make America Great Again II. Unlike last time, polls have shown more "non-white" voters than ever have an affection for Trump. And despite the best attempts of the corporate press and his legal concerns, Trump is currently ahead. The incumbent, Joe...

A Problem From Hell

by Kym Robinson | Apr 29, 2024 | Book Reviews, Featured Articles

"Indifference can be just as deadly as direct violence.”- Samantha Power, A Problem From Hell When Raphael Lemkin came up with the word "genocide," he needed a handle for the savagery of mass murder that was occurring in the 1940s and the years before. Unfortunately, since Lemkin came up with the word, genocides have continued. In her book, A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide, Samantha Power addresses some of the great crimes against humanity that have occurred over the past century. It was once a crime without a name, a savage act of "barbarity" that defied the nature of a...

I Met a Man

by Kym Robinson | Apr 24, 2024 | Blog

Located nearly three hours drive from Adelaide, the property rested in the South-East. The nearest township a good thirty minutes if you pushed your vehicle over dirty unselaed road. It was a job that a mate threw my way, help out some old timers that he knew through the grapevine. Good people, I was told. I arrived early in the morning, a brisk autumn day, with blue skies and puffy white clouds. The country still brown from a late summer with flocks of trees and the occasional blistering of bushes. A tall man with a leathery face greeted me. A rabbit skin hat on his head, with olive green...

The Dogs of War are in Heat

by Kym Robinson | Apr 14, 2024 | Blog

The dogs of war are always in heat. They bark, they gnaw, they kill and breed. Civilisation a chimera, chewing through bones, tearing at flesh, the killers are never in defeat. No matter how well behaved they act, whatever laws claim to be their collar and what kennel of state they sleep from within. They bark for more. A hungry pack, they hunt, kill. They want more. As a mob we tell ourselves lies, we pretend to be cultivated and wise. We look down on the savagery of ancient times, when tribes waged wars. They did it with bare hands, axes and clubs. We are sophisticated now with missiles,...