I ______________ fully support the non-aggression principle and never
advocate using force for any reason other than my own defense. I do
not military interventionism or advocate using the military for any
reason other than to defend my own country against actual attacks that
have taken place already or are in the process of taking place.
I certify that I do not believe in or advocate the initiation of force
as a means of achieving political or social goals and understand if my
actions or words openly support the use of force for political gain or
social engineering, my membership can be revoked.
--- In [email protected], "James Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Debate over the retention, elimination, or changing the Oath seems
to be
> going to take up hours of rancorous squabbling at the convention.
I'll weigh
> in with my perspective and let it rip from there.
>
> I tend to lean to a desire to eliminate the oath altogether. I see
> advantages to having it, and disadvantages. In looking around to
what others
> think about it, I found this essay by Ray Roberts which pretty much
aligns
> with the way I was thinking thew Oath should be changed if it is to be
> retained:
>
> http://www.reformthelp.org/party/pledge/positive.php
>
> Snippet:
> A Better Pledge
>
> �I believe force should only be used to protect life, liberty and
property
> from attack.�
>
> I propose the statement above as an improved Libertarian Pledge that
is less
> ambiguous, more complete, and more accurate than the current pledge.
>
> It has advantages:
>
> It's a positive rather than a negative statement. This is what we
believe!
> The word �only� makes it clear that force should not be used for any
other
> purposes (unambiguous).
> It includes the fundamental rights we value... life, liberty, and
property.
> �... from attack� ensures that the preceding �protect� can't be
interpreted
> to include government welfare (unambiguous).
> It should be acceptable to all �flavors� of Libertarians.
> It doesn't forbid tax-supported limited government.
> It's much easier to remember.
>
>
>
> J R aka Vjklander
>
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