I understand and I respect all of these comments. I guess, for me, two things factor in that make it a bit difficult for me. One is that I was a lifelong Republican and I'm slowly recovering from that. The other is that my little brother is a Marine who served in Iraq at the beginning of the war and lost a close friend within a few feet of him ON his birthday (No lie). Many of my friends are Marines who served in Iraq and I guess it's just difficult to come to terms with the insanity and inanity of it all.
--- mark robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right. Support of the war is no small detail. > > > > _____ > > > > We don't have to agree on every issue. We only have > to agree on > one. > That is the non-aggression principle. If you > believe it's ALWAYS > wrong to initiate force against those who have not > initiated > force > agaisnt YOU, you are a libertarian. If you think > it's ok to use > force > against other people who have not used force against > you > (especially > for political gain or social engineering), you are > not a > libertarian > regardless of how many times you claim to be such. > > This is the defining characteristic of > libertarianism. > > Those who claim to be libertarian while supporting a > wholly > unprovoked > and unconstitutional war of aggression like the war > in Iraq are > liars. > One can not be both a libertarian and a supporter of > the war in > Iraq > at the same time. They are mutually exclusive and > diametrically > opposed. > > These people are no different than someone who > claims to be a > Christian but doesn't believe in Jesus and prefers > to worship > Satan, > and then says... > > "Come on guys, we don't have to all walk lockstep to > be > Christians. > Some of us worship Satan and don't believe in Jesus, > and some of > us > worship God and do believe in Jesus. What's > important is that we > bring lots of people to the church regardless of > what they > believe in." > > > > --- In [email protected], "mark robert" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Very true, except upping the Iraq war would feed > said gov. > > > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > > > > > Hey, we don't all have to agree on every point and > > issue to be united in our stand against big > > government. > > > > > > > > _____ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________________ Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less. dsl.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/g0CDCD/tzNLAA/cUmLAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
