From: James Stevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 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
I like it too. Although ANY tax is an infringement of the rights of liberty and property. BWS ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> You can search right from your browser? It's easy and it's free. See how. http://us.click.yahoo.com/_7bhrC/NGxNAA/yQLSAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
