Paul wrote: > If the pledge keeps us from growing quickly or even from growing at > all, I'd rather keep it than grow with those who refuse to adhere to > those principles.
That is a phenomenally stupid statement, if I'm reading it correctly. Am I reading it correctly? Specifically, is this an accurate paraphrase? You want to keep the LP an "anarchists only" political party, and you do not care about the fact that it is not reducing government and is not increasing freedom. The important thing is to exclude people from LP membership who are not anarchists. The effect of the LP on the world outside its meetings and publications and Yahoo Groups and such -- especially the behavior of governments -- is irrelevant. Or if not irrelevant, much less important than keeping the LP membership "pure". If I hadn't been assured Wednesday night by someone who has dealt with you for some time that you in fact are "for real", and you really do believe the things you post here, I would be inclined to believe you're just posing as a libertarian. Why would someone do that? To make libertarians look bad and/or waste the time of actual libertarians by suckering them into arguing with a person who makes phenomenally stupid statements. Of course, it's also a waste of time if you actually are sincere. Now to wait, to see if you answer the yes/no question above with Yes or No, or something else succinct and informative, like Mostly or Almost. My money is on "no reply at all", because you declined to answer a couple of other simple questions I'd asked you. "Past performance is not a guarantee of future performance" and all that. So I'm hedging with a bet on "essay answer". -Eric -- Eric S. Harris If this address ever fails, try visiting http://www.returnpath.net 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/
