> "I have seen statements made on this very blog to the effect that
> all current world conflict is the result of US interference."
I didn't make this statement. Someone else did.
--- In [email protected], "mark robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> WG wrote:
> "America is to blame for every conflict in the world..." (blaming
> libertarians for having the position).
>
> I countered with:
> "No one here that I know, or nothing that I know as
> Libertarianism, has EVER done as you claim: blamed America for
> every conflict in the world."
>
> Now you come along with this:
> "I have seen statements made on this very blog to the effect that
> all current world conflict is the result of US interference."
>
> Not only don't you supply the quotes, you water-down the original
> claim with "to the effect" and "CURRENT world conflict". Debating
> lessons for the day:
> 1.) When you want to use old posts to prove your claim, don't
> allude to them without specifically quoting/citing them.
> 2.) Don't change that which you intend to disagree, especially
> for the purpose of making your disagreement easier.
>
> -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.] }
>
> ---------------
>
>
>
> --- In [email protected], "mark robert" <colowe@>
> wrote:
> >
> > WG,
> >
> > I'll have a crack at your ignorance, ok? No one here that I
> know,
> > or nothing that I know as Libertarianism, has EVER done as you
> > claim and imply:
> > 1.) Blamed America for every conflict in the world;
> > 2.) blamed America for not stepping in to stop conflicts;
> > 3.) spit in the faces of our troops when they came home.
> >
> > -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.] }
> >
> > --------------
> >
> >
> > What pathetic and outright stupid logic. As I have said
> before,
> > I am
> > not happy that we are at war and held strong reservations about
> > going
> > to war before we went. This is exactly the kind of thing that
> > really
> > turns people off from the LP and libertarianism in general,
> > including
> > myself. The whole movement has been taken over by the "Blame
> > America
> > First" crowd. America is to blame for every conflict in the
> > world,
> > either for starting it in the first place or for not stepping
> in
> > to
> > stop it. SImply because I am not screaming for a full retreat
> in
> > a
> > war that I didn't even support in the first place, and would
> > rather
> > give our military support rather than Vietnam-style hate,
> doesn't
> >
> > somehow equate to an armed robbery. Jesus! Please step in line
> > to
> > spit in the faces of our troops when they come home.
> >
> >
> Snipped
>
>
> That is just plain false. More than once I have seen statements
> made
> on this very blog to the effect that all current world conflict
> is the
> result of US interference.
>
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