Vic, do these helmetless riders own* their bodies or are they 'responsible' to you?
*exclusive right to determine use and disposition -Terry Liberty Parker see what I wrote in- Your Freedom & the Rights of Others > at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/22990 --- In [email protected], Vic Cinc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 dramatically increased since the other bush repealed compulsory helmet 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 > 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/
