On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Jerry Barnes wrote: > > *"*Exsqueeze me? Baking powder?" > > From Wikipedia: > * > * > *Classical liberalism* is a political ideology that developed in the > nineteenth century in Western Europe, and the Americas. It was committed to > the ideal of limited government and liberty of individuals including freedom > of religion, speech, press, assembly, and free markets. > > You're exsqueezed since modern liberalism is not committed to any of those > ideas.
"limited" is such an interesting word. =) What do you think modern liberalism is committed to? Abolishing gay marriage? The "right to choose"? loyalty pledges? Conformity? Are there neo-libs? And do I get royalties if I coin a phrase? Would the /real/ Spartacus please stand up? > "Nietzsche had a nifty line of logic about willpower-- why do we need it? " > > Good ole' Nietzsche. I am not blaming him personally (he reportedly hated > nationalism and antisemitism), but his ideas had a profound effect on > fascism in Europe, particularly the superman and will to power lines. > > From Wikipedia: ... > > I really don't think anything about Nietzsche is nifty, but my view of him > has been tainted by the use of his ideas to support so many atrocities. > A lot of people don't like Ayn Rand either. I like them both. 'course, I like lots o' stuff. :) "Beyond Good and Evil" was thought provoking. Nietzsche was the only person I read, whom, while reading, someone thought I should be warned about the danger to my soul such reading posed. That's freaking *awesome*! Philosophy is *way* more powerful than people give it credit for being. Blaming the philosopher, is a philosophical deal, to my mind... 'course, what isn't? =) :Den -- I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time. Friedrich Nietzsc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328456 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
