I'm not sure that the LP is the place for an intelligent, reasonable, common-sense guy like yourself, Geof. Problem is, I'm not sure where else there is. Maybe we should make one.
j On Mar 27, 2006, at 11:17 AM, Geof Gibson wrote: > --- In [email protected], "Eric Dondero Rittberg" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> Here's a question you'll never get an extremist libertarian to answer. >> >> If you want to restrict libertarianism to just the purists, than what >> label do you give to advocacies of partial libertarianism; >> basically inconsistent fiscally conservative yet socially tolerant? >> >> They hate this question. Puts them in a corner. Forces them to >> admit that deep down they are advocating exclusivity. >> > > Judging by what I've seen, they would just call them stupid because > they don't think like the purists. > That is why I keep making the point that elitists and dogmatists in > ANY political body are bad. That attitude leads to oppression and > terror. > I DO believe that most Americans beleive in the fundamental principals > of Libertarianism. I've also found through talking to many people, > that this same group desires a certain amount of Socialism and > Statism. Because I don't agree with them on that point, does not mean > I am not going to encourage them to move as far toward my politics as > I can get. > Universal Libertarianism is a Utopian concept. It would be nice, but, > like a calculus equation, it is only a limit which can never be > reached due to the basic nature of humanity, which is agression. > Since we are imperfect, so is our politics. We should approach the > gates of Utopia as close as possible, but I don't expect to ever get > there. > > > > > > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- "In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up." -- Pastor Martin Niemoeller, 1946. 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/
