the insults but I think especially if the person being insulted is
offended. That is if it is an insult.--- In
[email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi--
>
> After a few days with this group, and a lot of e-mails, I am
starting to
> like this group more and more. While I can understand, and do
respect the
> direction to not personally insult one another in this group, I am
wondering why
> the debates are getting so personal. One of the reasons I signed
up for this
> group, was because I find that libertarians tend to intellectually
debate
> politics better then most, if not all political groups.
>
> Wikipedia's page on (_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian) ) Libertarianism says
the following:
> "Libertarianism is a political philosophy advocating that
individuals should be free to
> do whatever they wish with their person or property, as long as
they do not
> infringe on the same liberty of others."
>
> Not looking to start heat here, but I tend to have my outspoken
moments, and
> while the above wikipedia statement is entirely open to
interpretation of
> course, seems to me that the best way to win a debate, or persuade
through a
> debate, is to stick with the debate, and let one's passion,
knowledge and
> charisma shine through, instead of pushing buttons, and trying to
outdo one
> another.
>
> I really don't mind watching the back and forth banter (that's a
me
> thing-cause sometimes it can be funny and entertaining), and if it
gets tideous, I
> can always delete emails with a click of the mouse. But I do see
some
> potentially serious intellectual thinkers in here already, and look
forward to
> watching some of you shine beyond the personality conflicts.
>
> Thanks for letting me ramble.
>
> Scott
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
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