I should have mentioned at some point a long the line ... a book I highly
recommend is "The Conservative Mind" by Russell Kirk. In the '50s it was
really a seminal book on conservative philosophy. It really helped me
understand TRUE conservativism better and helped me realize I was, indeed, a
conservative.
Of course, I don't think true conservatives are much represented in U.S.
politics today. The Republicans tend to be pretty much big government types,
at least when it comes to pushing their own agendas, and intrusionist in
personal lives, etc.
H.
-----Original Message-----
From: John Allred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 5:26 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: One Libertarian point of view?(Was Re:Legalist It)
I don't have any muffins, but I can toss some kudos Howard's way.
Howard,
I haven't taken the test you guys mentioned, but I have no doubt that I
would fall in the liberal square on any test without a Libertarian bias
to it (although my first exposure to the Libertarian platform was in
2000, and it seemed very appealing, at first blush). And yet, I find
that your thoughts on taxation, obligations, and moral responsibilities,
etc. mirror my own. If I recall correctly that you characterized
yourself as conservative, I find the similarity of our views more
encouraging than surprising.
--John
Angel Stewart wrote:
>
> *clap clap clap*
>
> MUFFINS! FREE MUFFINS FOR THE Month for Howard!
> :)
>
> hee hee hee
>
> I too normally fall into the Libertarian squares, but if you do some
background checking, at least the political test I took,
> was sponsored by a Libertarian organisation. This one was with squares and
all that..I forgot the URL, i think it was
> www.politicalcompass.org or something. Its interesting to note too that
most of the sites that share this URL, are also
> Libertarian. Not surprisingly..the test is flawed. And then of course we
have the more serious issue, that if the test is NOT
> flawed, then the Libertarian Party is woefully failing to meet the needs
of the American Public.
> ;-)
>
> A whole lot of people end up reading as Libertarians on that political
test for some strange reason!
> =)
>
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