Hi Jim, welcome to the discussion. First off, most of the people on this list do refrain from petty sniping. Most of the time what appears to be sniping is merely friendly debate.
We all came to libertarianism and the Libertarian Party from fairly diverse parts of the political spectrum, and therefore have pretty diverse ways of expressing our philosophy. And sometimes, there can be fairly differing views on what really is a libertarian argument or libertarian issue. For instance, a while back somebody made a good libertarian case for slave reparations. I didn't quite buy it personally, but it was a good argument. And there have been several good arguments put forth opposing copyright laws and other intellectual property laws. And there are several people on this list that put forth the proposition that the war(s) on Islam is somehow libertarian. Usually, these arguments are merely regurgitations of the daily "talking points" put out by the republican party. I haven't bought any of their arguments yet, and I'm not saying their can't be a good libertarian argument for the war(s), but I haven't heard them. Finally, in regard to the public squabbling, you are correct that "politics are politics"! These sometimes petty pissing contests happen around the country fairly regularly. Sometimes they are just personality clashes and other times they are real arguments about what is truly libertarian and sometimes they are real arguments over the proposed direction the LP should take. Usually when a squabble takes place, it is when somebody has actually done something. If you don't do anything, nobody will criticize you. PEACE Steven R. Linnabary, Treasurer Franklin County Libertarian Party (614) 891-8841 P.O.Box#115; Blacklick, OH 43004-0115 "When you make peaceful revolution impossible, you make violent revolution inevitable" John F. Kennedy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 6:43 PM Subject: Re: [Libertarian] Re: [LVOF] Resignation from the ALPOF > Hi John (The Duke ?) > > I'm new to the Yahoo Libertarian group. I'm hoping to > learn more about libertarianism because I go around > calling myself a libertarian but realized I don't know > all that really means. I've read some basics of > libertarianism and I totally agree with what I've > read, so I want to learn more. I hear what you're > saying about people being people. I wrote the e-mail > below because I had hoped this would be the one group > that wouldn't be like the rest (constant bickering and > sniping). The on-going public feud about the > difficulties in Florida (and I have no idea at all > what they're all about) have put a damper on those > hopes. Oh well - politics are politics too I suppose. > > Best, > > Jim > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 9/8/2006 11:06:32 AM Eastern > > Daylight Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > > > > I thought the Libertarian group would be different > > than the rest of the > > > political groups. That doesn't appear to be the > > case. > > > > > > Jim K. > > > > Jim, anyone can call themselves libertarian and in > > Florida anyone can > > register to vote Libertarian. Your words could be > > taken several ways but in reality > > "people are people" > > > > John Wayne > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
