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Hey, everybody, Tom Woods here.

Very glad to be joined once again by Jared Casey, who is formerly, but now retired,

Professor of Philosophy at University College Dublin. He's the author of numerous books, and we're going to be

discussing his most recent, called ZAP, Free Speech and Tolerance in the Light of the Zero Aggression

Principle. Jared, welcome back.

Thank you very much, Tom. Well, it wasn't too long ago. We were talking about your previous

book on political thought, and now you've got a brand new one, ZAP, which the subtitled

free speech and tolerance in the light of the zero aggression principle. By the way, why do you use

zero aggression principles that of non-aggression principle? Is it because it's a cooler acronym?

To some extent, and also because I discovered from a rhetorical point of view, the minute you

introduce any negative element into a statement or a sentence, it reduces comprehension by 50%.

Oh, so saying zero is better than saying none.

Absolutely, yeah. In fact, if you introduced, I guarantee you if you introduce two zeros

into a sentence, you'll reduce comprehension by about 70%, and three will mean people won't

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