hrearden_hr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Public support should not be at the expense of abandoning principle > and an unwillingness to defend or stand for liberty. I think this > gutting of the platform means that the party is continuing to slide > down the wrong path. THe public should know what libertarianism is. > I think otherwise the party may attract people who really don't > accept libertarianism and the party will become like the Republican > party. I think this is a sad day for the LP. At least Angela Keaton > was elected to national committe and that is the only hope I can see > for the party at this point. I am not ashamed or embarased to stand > for liberty. I don't use subterfuge to convince people to support > liberty. I will fly the Gadsden tomarrow.
there is liberty and there is liberty. its important to differentiate liberty from anarchy, which is what the LP platforms read like. liberty should not be at any price. case in point, floridas accident death rate for motorcyclist has dramatically increased since the other bush repealed compulsory helmet laws. there is no compensating decrease in death rate to make up for this increase. the public wants some responsiblity enforced by government. the LP has very much stood for liberty at any price, liberty irespective of the real human cost, which imo has doomed it to irrelavence. what the LP seems to be doing, which I fully support is reinventing itself as a party that actually gives a shit. the LP must learn to balance freedom and liberty vs responsiblity. you cant have one without the other. Vic ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/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/
