Jim, Steven did NOT say: 'dogmatic, and far, far out of the mainstream'
Your atribution to him of those words to radically change his meaning constitutes slanderous ad hominem; which is OFF-topic in this forum. PAUSE before you hit SEND, better yet, actually THINK about this forum's guidelines BEFORE your next post. I much prefer that I can trust you to be effective in moderating yourself :) -Terry Liberty Parker http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian --- In [email protected], Jim Syler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You're right, Geof, but as Steven said, much of the leadership and most > influential members (and therefore our public image) are and "MUST be" > purist, dogmatic, and far, far out of the mainstream--too far to ever > make a positive impression on the average American. It's going to take > a lot of work to change that. See > <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LOP-General> for some people who I think > you'll find think much as you do. > > j > > On Mar 27, 2006, at 5:55 PM, Geof Gibson wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Jim Syler <Calion@> wrote: > >> > >> 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. > >> > > > > Thanks for the compliment, but, the vast majority of LP members I have > > met are reasonable, stand up people. > > I do feel at home in this party and I'm going to continue working for > > its success. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > "Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they > are in almost every kingdom of Europe. [But] the supreme power in > America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body > of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of > regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United > States" > --Noah Webster, 1787 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > 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/
