And the Democrat Party espouses equally prudish values, but you never hear about that from Libertarians.
Who is it that wants to strap me into my car with seat belts? Democrats. Who wants to make sure I can't own a gun? Democrats. Who wants to enforce politically correct speech codes on campuses? Democrats. Who wants to enforce Affirmative Action laws that would deny me a job in favor of some "repressed" minority? Democrats. Your other comments are interesting. Did you watch the news yesterday? Catch the story about the Muslim fanatic who murdered one Jewish woman and critically wounded 5 others including a pregnent women in Seattle? You want to retract your statement that "Muslims are causing no harm to you personally?" Further, guess you didn't know anyone personally who died on 9/11. Next time some Eric Rudolph/Aryan Nation Christian Fanatic types fly Jets into Towers of American cities killing thousands, I'll turn my hatred towards them. --- In [email protected], Stephanie Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > triumph over tyranny > Eric, > I don't feel in any way like Muslims are trying to impose Sharia on Americans. For one thing, there are relatively few of them in this country. I can't think of any Muslims in government positions, or even in highly prominent social positions. The Muslims in this country are, unfortunately, generally looked down upon by ignorant Americans who believe they are all "terris," as our president likes to say. Most of them are just minding their own business and trying to live their lives here. > Personally, I have never experienced any instances of Muslims trying to impose strict cultural values on me. But even if that were the case, who cares? As long as they aren't using the government to force their value system on me, it doesn't make a whole lot of difference. They can try to persuade me all they want, although I haven't even experienced that happening. I can, however, think of numerous examples of government entities trying to legislate Christian or Judeo-Christian values into acceptance; just look at the war on drugs, laws against physician assisted suicide, abortion laws, and "sin" taxes on gambling, cigarrettes, and alcohol. I'm not saying that I think any of these things are ethically right or wrong, I'm only saying that I think the government has no business legislating them. You referred to Muslim values as "prudish," but I think the Republican party (of which I believe you are a part, though I apologize if I'm mistaken) espouses some equally "prudish" social values. > Your accusations regarding Muslims just don't make very much sense to me. In fact, they honestly seem a bit paranoid and xenophobic. > Regards, > Stephanie > > Re: Why are Libertarians so silent on Israel and opposing > Posted by: "Eric Dondero Rittberg" [EMAIL PROTECTED] ericdondero > Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:29 pm (PST) > I've chronicled it here and in other Forums numerous times. But > your best bet is the USA Today article from a couple months ago - > front page which went into detail on Muslim efforts nationwide to > impose their prudish values on Americans. > > --- In [email protected], Stephanie Murphy > <stephaniemurphy4@> wrote: > > > > Hi Eric, > > I'm new to this list, and I just joined the conversation. How do > Islamic immigrants attempt to impose Sharia law upon Americans? I > don't understand. If you could clarify that I'd appreciate it. > > Thanks, > > Stephanie Murphy > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > 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/
