GUIDELINES for this forum are intended to promote and maintain it as a conduit for exploring LIBERTARIANISM
PleaseSee http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian That purpose can become swamped by one or more, of the over 700 who are registered to post, 'flooding' the forum with multiple daily 'cut&paste' imports of the entire text of formal articles published elsewhere. Please use the forum to publish YOUR on-topic composition; in which can be included appropriate selected EXCERPTS with reference link (URL) to 'more' content. The forum's purpose can also become swamped by posting OFF-topic messages. Thus, moderation of messages may be imposed on some posters in order to help maintain the conceptual focus of this forum. That means 'take it outside' (of this forum) when you want to 'flame' (personal attack, ad hominem) someone in this forum. That includes juvenile gossip and witch hunts about WHO iz, or iz not, a libertarian. see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LibertarianFlame Obviously, untrue attributions or flagrantly explicit distortions regarding another poster's advocacy in this forum (aka: slander) are also forms of ad hominem; thus off-topic here. AlsoSee http://www.onelook.com/?w=ad+hominem&ls=a A way to subvert the purpose of this forum is via disingenuousness & 'non sequitur' Main Entry: non se·qui·tur Pronunciation: 'nän-'se-kw&-t&r also -"tur Function: noun Etymology: Latin, it does not follow 1 : an inference that does not follow from the premises; specifically : a fallacy resulting from a simple conversion of a universal affirmative proposition or from the transposition of a condition and its consequent 2 : a statement (as a response) that does not follow logically from anything previously said at http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary? book=Dictionary&va=non+sequitur AlsoSee http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Disingenuous While there are NO 'rules' there is a purpose and some forum guidelines at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/37090 Please help the exploration, pro/con, of LIBERTARIANISM in this forum of aprx 700 registered posters and unlimited puplic viewable web message archive at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian See: What's at the Heart of What Libertarians are Selling? at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/30419 AlsoSee: LIMITED vs UNIVERSAL Libertarianism at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/message/55419 -Terry Liberty Parker find AustinLibertyInterNet Radio/TV at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LibertyProspects/links AND: Every Sunday Eve I host informal discussion to which all are welcome who want to chat about ideas & issues of liberty ONLINE look for me (especially Sunday eve) as: TxLiberty on Yahoo Messenger & MSN Messenger Terry Liberty Parker on Skype (supports multiple platforms like MAC & Linux along with Windows) and maybe AustinLiberty on AIM
