[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >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. > > Which means that this new oath would prohibit all taxation.
I hope if it passes, it is accompanied by a statement that clarifies it, or the meaning is clarified during the discussion prior to the vote. That way, I will know -- without a doubt -- where I stand relative to the LP, and whether it is an organization I can re-join, and recommend to others. -Eric -- Eric S. Harris If this address ever fails, try visiting http://www.returnpath.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/yHUd1C/hOaOAA/cUmLAA/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/
