Thanks for the closing remarks. I do have two brief things to comment on.

"All that should not be taken to mean that I agree with Joey that one should avoid all statists."

When I talk about the family and personal issues, I don't advise people to get away from statists. In fact, I don't advise them to do anything except be open and vulnerable to your friends and family to examine those relationships. More often than not many people have grown up in abusive households of some kind and to this day they continue seeing these abusive people. So I'd suggest talking to them about their experiences as a child. If they still get attacked by the abusive parents, then they have the choice of whether to continue seeing the parents or leave.

I have talked to many people at Freedomain Radio who have grown up in abusive families and after listening to Freedomain Radio talked with those families. Some have decided to leave that family and seek therapy to heal that past trauma.

This is the kind of freedom in your personal life that I am talking about.

You can choose to hang out with statists and the like, but just know there's always those topics you have to avoid, like would that statist friend support you getting shot if you were to refuse to pay taxes?

"To suggest, as Joey seems to, that all of us should focus on this area to the exclusion of other pro-freedom activities misses several marks."

After you are freed personally you can help others in the same way while helping them understand the true nature of that state. Some people will accept that help, other's won't. Ultimately I think the greatest thing one can do for liberty is raise a child free of any abuses like most families inflict on their children.

That's my take on it in a nutshell. I'm probably not explaining things clearly enough to be understood, but Stefan Molyneux does have a lot of books on his website (now for free) as well as youtube videos and podcasts. www.freedomainradio.com I encourage you to come and check it out and let me know what you think. You can even stop by the message board and ask us all some questions.