"And U.S. Liberalism dictates that government should be involved in every aspect of one's life and dictate proper behavior based on a code of political correctness. U.S. Liberals worship at the church of secular humanism and can't imagine why that might not work for everyone."
There are so many straw men in there, the Wizard of Oz is wondering which one to give the brain to... LOL cheers, frank On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:57 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Paul via phone > >> On Oct 21, 2015, at 8:28 PM, Eric Weir <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 12:15 AM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Interesting how political terminology can vary between countries. >>> >>> Here 'Liberal' means the absolute opposite to the definition of the term >>> in North America. Our 'Liberals' are the conservatives; Labor (no 'u") >>> are the (somewhat) leftish group. >> >> What are called liberals everywhere else assumes that a minimum of >> government is sufficient to insure liberty. > > And U.S. Liberalism dictates that government should be involved in every > aspect of one's life and dictate proper behavior based on a code of political > correctness. U.S. Liberals worship at the church of secular humanism and > can't imagine why that might not work for everyone. >> What are called liberals in the US assumes that sometimes something more is >> required, that simply “leaving people alone” doesn’t necessarily guarantee >> their freedom. Totally private healthcare vs. the assumption that no >> one—children of poor parents, e.g.—should be denied healthcare because they >> can’t pay for it. At least as good a sense of “liberal” as the other use is >> an imperfect sense. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Eric Weir >> Decatur, GA USA >> [email protected] >> >> “[I]t is a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the unfamiliar.” >> >> - Anais Nin >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
