I agree, hence my referring to the Libertarian Party as a bunch of kooks. I'm a pragmatist despite my libertarian tendencies, and I agree with Lazarus Long that government should strive to do the least evil, not the most good.
-Adam P. J. Alling wrote: > Libertarian philosophy works well in two places, a position of absolute > strength or utopia. Since neither exists it must be modified to match > current conditions. I've often thought that pure libertarians lived in > utopia, though it's also strange that the first place I heard the > execrable words "Politically Correct", used in earnest was at a > Libertarian meeting. I has always thought of them as Marxist jargon before. > > Derby Chang wrote: >> Adam Maas wrote: >> >>> And to William - I'd probably be a Republican if I was an American, it's >>> a more comfortable party to a small-l libertarian like me. >>> >>> -Adam >>> >>> >> Republican, libertarian? Really >> >> (OK, I'm Australian, but I could raise the same eyebrow about the >> Liberal Party of Australia, a part of the "coalition of the willing") >> >> http://www.jonathangullible.com/mmedia/PhilosophyOfLiberty-english_music.swf >> >> "You have the right to seek leaders for yourself, but you do not have >> the right to impose rulers on others" >> >> D >> >> > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.