I can give a conjecture on that... hopefully Eric wont mind. It is becasue Eric is an individual who can think for himself. If he agree's with 70% of that Authors philosophy, and he is talking a point that falls in that 70% why not drop that name. Further, if droping those names adds to the perseption of his argument it is politicaly productive.
I don't agree with Eric on every point he makes, but there are many that I do. I would like to see more indivudals like Eric in libertarian communities, not becasue he thinks like me, or becasue he thinks like a particular author but for precisley the oposite reason. He thinks for himself. Perhaps what I like about Eric the most is the irony that he was a pro-choice Republican and I was a pro-life Democrat... --- In [email protected], "mark robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Eric, > > > > Nope it doesn't. > > > > But OK, you got me; I will stop my convolution and obscurity > (even when asking you about yours). I also promise to not be too > technical, philosophical, dogmatic, deeply reflective, or book > warmish for your meat-and-potatoes mentality. Here goes, short > and sweet: > > > > You drop names well, especially authors. The trouble is that your > stated philosophy varies greatly from theirs in some very > important areas. Yet, you continue to drop their names, implying > your alignment. How do you explain this? > > > > -Mark > > > > > > ************ > {American jurors have complete Constitutional authority to vote > "not guilty" based on nothing more than a disagreement with the > case, no matter the evidence - despite the judge's instructions. > There is absolutely no obligation to vote "guilty" to arrive at a > unanimous verdict. Get on a jury, stand your ground, and fulfill > its other main purpose: to counteract abusive government and > unjust lawsuits. > See www.fija.org > [Please adopt this as your own signature.] } > > > > > _____ > > The reason I'm having a hard time answering is because what your > asking is so convuluuted and obscure. > > Ask me a question straight out. > > I believe you're asking me why it is I'm not more "philosophical" > > but rather express my libertarianism by "grass roots political > activism," right? And how did I come to that? > > I can tell you I had never heard of Mises, Rand, Hazlitt, Hayek, > or > Rothbard until I met Nick Dunbar and Dianne Pilcher straight out > of > the Navy, in Jacksonville, Florida. > > I was active in the local ACLU and most especially the local > chapter > of the National Abortion Rights League. Nick met me at an ACLU > meeting at the Jax Unitarian Church and invited me to a > Libertarian > Party meeting. Of course, I gladly accepted. Told Nick I was > already a Libertarian cause I voted straight LP absentee while in > > the Persian Gulf in 2002. > > (Interesting side story. There were 380 guys on my ship the USS > Luce - a guided missile destroyer. A Lt. JG was in charge of > the "Vote Campaign" on the ship. He got a grand total of 2 > people, > himself and little ole' me to vote absentee from the entire ship. > > Not even the friggin' Captain voted!!! in 1982. Is that insane > or > what???) > > Well, anyway, I told Nick I considered myself to be a "Pro-Choice > > Republican"; I hated the Religious Right, Pro-Choice was my > issue, I > supported drug legalization, and I hated drinking age laws. On > Economics I told Nick that I liked Milton Friedman's Free to > Choose > style of economics. On foreign policy I told Nick that I was a > hardcore Military guy; kick ass and take names. But that I was > much > more concerned with the threat from the Muslims and Arabs than I > was > from the Soviet Union. > > He told me that I was "a natural" for the Libertarian Party, and > handed me a couple Ayn Rand books, Mises, Hayek, Hazlitt, Nozick. > > Read them all in two to three months, then ordered more from > Laissez > Faire Books. > > That's my philosophical story. Hope that answers your question. > > > > > > > _____ > > > > [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/
