Really?? Interesting. Are you still Pro-Life? Nothing against you Pro-Life Libertarians. I actually agree with you all on no government funding at all!!, parental notification and partial birth. I'm a "Kay Baily Hutchison" Pro-Choicer.
Plus, my boss for 12 years, Ron Paul, was hardcore Pro-Life. And we still got along great. (Until the War in Iraq destroyed our friendship.) Ron and I used to argue abortion all the time in the car for hours on end driving from Houston to Austin or San Antonio. We'd always agree to disagree. But I do claim credit for having softened his previously hardcore stance on Pro-Life. Now, he supports legalization of RU 486. --- In [email protected], "uncoolrabbit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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" <colowe@> 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/
