From Dictionary.com liberalism: The state or quality of being liberal. A political theory founded on the natural goodness of humans and the autonomy of the individual and favoring civil and political liberties, government by law with the consent of the governed, and protection from arbitrary authority.
Given the above definition, what is there not to like? You can apply your argument to anything you care to mention. I know a few bad dog owners, so therefore dog owning is a mental disorder. I know a few bad black people, so being black is a mental disorder. Getting the picture yet? Regards Dominic Burford BSc Hons MBCS CITP Third Party Developer Program Senior Software Engineer * Tel: +44 (0) 1536 495074 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I conclude that there are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies." -- Tony Hoare, Turing Award Lecture 1980 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: 13 July 2006 08:04 To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: [OT] It's the Conservatism, stupid! I just use it to reinforce the argument. And you know what, it holds up every time. It's like E=MC2. It's held up for a long, long, time. I suspect there may be a defective gene that's causing it as it runs in families. The Kennedy's are a good example. --- Dominic Burford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > << our whole ideology is A Mental Disorder > > Yes, a certain poster by the name of Michael Madigan tends to use this > phrase a lot. It seems to be used as a replacement for rational > discourse. Why bother debating the real issues, when a simple phrase > can be used instead. > > Regards > > Dominic Burford BSc Hons MBCS CITP > Third Party Developer Program Senior Software Engineer > > * Tel: +44 (0) 1536 495074 > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "I conclude that there are two ways of constructing a software design: > One way is to make it so simple there are obviously no deficiencies, > and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no > obvious deficiencies." -- Tony Hoare, Turing Award Lecture 1980 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ed Leafe > Sent: 13 July 2006 03:17 > To: ProFox Mailing List > Subject: [OT] It's the Conservatism, stupid! > > <http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/07/12/ > its_the_conservatism_stupid.php> > > ( -or- http://tinyurl.com/qkzqv ) > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - - - - - - - - - > Ask a conservative what the biggest problem in America is today, and > you'll get answers like overtaxation, a sexualized culture, lack of > respect for authority, insufficient church-going or big government > running amok. But if you then asked the conservative what the real > source of the problem was-the beating heart pumping blood to each and > all of these socio-politico-cultural wounds-you'd get the same > answer: liberalism. > > On the other hand, you could ask a liberal a hundred questions about > the problems facing our country before you'd get to an answer that > placed conservatism at the heart of the nation's ills. > > And conservatives learn these messages when still young. What does a > "campus liberal" do? Well, it depends what his or her issue is: > fighting sweatshop labor, or environmental degradation, or the Iraq > war, or any of a dozen other problems about which liberals are > concerned. > What, on the other hand, does a "campus conservative" do? > Fight liberals and liberalism. > > You can hear it in the media as well. As any fan of Limbaugh, Hannity > or O'Reilly hears every day, whatever the issue is, the problem is > liberals. Conservatives write books saying liberals are The Party of > Death , who are Trashing Democracy, Waging War Against Christianity , > ,Screwing Up America, Corrupting Our Future-and on top of it all, our > whole ideology is A Mental Disorder. Liberals, on the other hand, > write books about why George W. Bush is a terrible president. (I plead > guilty.) > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > - - - - - - - - - > > > -- Ed Leafe > -- http://leafe.com > -- http://dabodev.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions > of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. 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