Yes, thanks for that link, Woody, it does show "work in progress' and it also shows where there has been no progress! We should review the platform in total,...
To all interested platform discuss list members: Please do not shoot the messenger on this one, but I need to make sure you are all aware of something. In the...
If people want to continue submitting to the website _www.LP.org/issues/platformdebate_ (http://www.LP.org/issues/platformdebate) , will their suggestions be...
Aaron, I assume that they will be recorded, but I am only guessing. If I were you I would contact George Squyres, as he is the Chair of the platform ...
You wrote: -- ... -- I've contacted him before and he never, ever replies. Maybe he just doesn't like me. Sincerely, ... Aaron Biterman -- Chair, College...
Thanks Dave, much appreciated! Thanks for making us aware of the form at: http://www.lp.org/issues/platformdebate/ This form seems in line with the article "LP...
THE ISSUE: Immigration should not be an issue. LOGIC: The principle is that no force should be used against people who come in peace. PROPOSED ACTION: Abolish...
Protecting Marriage From Judicial Tyranny by Rep. Ron Paul, MD http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul197.html Before the House of Representatives, July 22, 2004....
Doris Gordon
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Aug 6, 2004 7:14 am
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Hasn't Dr. Paul lost sight of the forest for the trees? He argues for protection of state rights, but at the expense of the individual right to live free of...
Tim Bovee
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Aug 6, 2004 9:03 am
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Tim Bovee: Hasn't Dr. Paul lost sight of the forest for the trees? Doris: In his perspective, as a member of Congress, he is sworn to uphold the Constitution,...
Doris Gordon
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Aug 7, 2004 10:19 am
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Doris makes an excellent case as far as it goes. But it falls short, in my opinion. Dr. Paul has compromised to achieve lesser protections of liberty ...
Tim Bovee
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Aug 7, 2004 11:33 am
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I like it! Brendan Trainor, Nevada ... From: morecommonsense To: LPplatform-discuss@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 10:07 PM Subject:...
Joseph Sobran's July 15th article on immigration: The Immigrant Threat? Conservatives (or "paleoconservatives") with whom I usually agree, such at Pat Buchanan...
Tim: Doris makes an excellent case as far as it goes. But it falls short, in my opinion. Dr. Paul has compromised to achieve lesser protections of liberty ...
Doris Gordon
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Aug 8, 2004 6:03 am
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Firstly, I agree with Tim on the issue of marriage. However, Tim weakens his own argument by implying that individual rights were fundamental to the...
I like it too! I also like the use of LOGIC instead of PRINCIPLE. However, by bringing up something as THE PRINCIPLE under logic, my original problem returns....
Libertarian principles are not derived from the SOP, rather the SOP is a compilation of stances on fundamental issues. To say that "libertarian principles are...
... No, libertarian principles are contained in the SOP. ... No, the SOP contains the principles. In the planks, the libertarian policy stands are articulated,...
rev: ... Tim weakens his own argument by implying that individual rights were fundamental to the libertarian position. Doris: As before, I disagree with you....
Doris Gordon
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Aug 9, 2004 6:13 am
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AJWECKS2724@...: Libertarian principles are not derived from the SOP, rather the SOP is a compilation of stances on fundamental issues. To say that...
Doris Gordon
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Aug 9, 2004 6:13 am
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... Non-aggression is certainly an important human virtue, but I don't think it is specifically libertarian. The core of libertarianism is the sovereignty of...
Tim Bovee
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Aug 9, 2004 11:19 am
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... Hash: SHA1 ... unalienable ... that every ... By your argument, the mugger and the home invader also have the right not to be killed. - -- "If you were in...
... Hash: SHA1 ... Without non-aggression, you do not have a firm philosophical and ethical basis for defining "sovereignty of the individual". Look at all the...
On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 13:37:04 -0400, Bill Hartwell ... Well, maybe. On the other hand, violence does seem to be endemic to the human condition, so any workable...
Tim Bovee
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... Hash: SHA1 ... The zero aggression principle does accept the existence of aggression. It recognizes aggression as being the basis of ALL non-libertarian ...
... rights ... is ... rights. As I said: "While individual rights are obviously precious to any libertarian, they are not fundamental to the libertarian...
... The SOP is where it starts. There's no core somewhere else that is the basis of the SOP. The SOP in itself is the place where things start. rev. ... ...
Are we discussing the Platform here or the Pledge? This is the Platform discussions group isn't it? rev. ... inevitably ... most ... aggression. ... that ... ...
Doris: In any event, the proper function of government is to secure our unalienable rights, including the right to life (the right not to be killed) that...