Howard Pearce wrote to Bob Capozzi: HP> If you want to appeal to more voters and run and win elections without debasing libertarian beliefs, that is fine with...
Howard Pearce wrote: BH> In particular, does an LP Platform "debase libertarian belief" if it does not call for any of the following? * legalized child...
The platforms call for birth control for minors, not for "child prostitution"! The language clearly states that it means contraception. Only deliberate ...
Jim Duensing wrote: JD> there is a fight over whether the political wing of the movement should play politics or educate the public on the fine points of...
Tim Bovee wrote: BH> The first thing the LP needs to do -- right now -- is to decide what percent of American voters should be be able to recognize -- not be ...
Sorry Harland, You're incorrect. Let's parse the words, shall we? "...we call for the repeal of all laws that restrict anyone, including children, from...
Henry Haller wrote: HH> a substantial majority of Libertarians believe that taxation is theft <HH Do you have any evidence for this? I'd wager that even a...
... An opposition to taxation is not the same as an opposition to government revenue. First, voluntary user fees can finance many government services, such as...
Doug Kendall ("Libertarian News") wrote: DK> "The Libertarian Party supports reducing the size, scope and power of government at all levels and on all issues,...
Henry Haller wrote: HH> all members of the Libertarian Party sign a statement saying that they do not believe in the initiation of force. Since "coercive" is...
I do not believe that the duty of a liberty-loving polity to defend human liberty vanishes completely at lines drawn on maps by statists. It was reasonable...
Howard Pearce wrote: HP> The purpose of the tax does not change the nature of the action. <HP That's like saying the purpose of the gunfire does not change...
Paul Frankel ("Goldrecordings") wrote to Bruce Cohen: PF> http://anthonygregory.com/prowarlibertarians.html <PF Gregory's hyperbolic strawmen are easily...
scott74_us wrote: S> It deletes the "cult" phrase, eliminates the redundant last paragraph, and substitutes "politicians" for "Government" a few times. <S ...
David Terry wrote: BH> Gregory's hyperbolic strawmen are easily <http://blog.360.yahoo.com/knowinghumans?p=244> diagnosed <BH DT> It is amusing to hear Holtz...
Henry Haller wrote: HH> My understanding of these terms is that the anarchist believes there should be no government at all, while the minarchist believes in...
kevin Bjornson wrote: KB> no state has ever enforced or achieved a monopoly of force in it's estate (territory). Therefore, "states" are a figment of the...
Susan Hogarth wrote: SH> I think that a person is more or less libertarian according to the amount of aggression (including taxation) he advocates. <SH A...
Susan Hogarth wrote: BH> A better metric is the net incidence of aggression that would occur if his policies were adopted. <BH SH> That would be nice, but...
The "Trolley Problem" which Brian Holtz tries to use to justify aggression amounts to this: Do you push an innocent fat man in front of a trolley, if killling...
I am not of the education level of Mister Holtz. But in this case, maybe it's to my advantage. Brian is not advocating killing anyone, much less the 'innocent...
Bruce Cohen wrote: BC> Brian is not advocating killing anyone, much less the 'innocent fat man' in the trolley problem. <BC It's true that I'm not advocating...
Susan Hogarth wrote: SH> Our platform should provide a bold vision for Americans desiring freedom to embrace, not a timid promise of 'less government' which...
Bob Capozzi wrote: BC> My one concern is that there are several passages in the Greatest Hits that rely on full sentences that are NOT lifted from previous...
Susan Hogarth wrote: BH> a little intentional infliction of a bad thing (like pain or coercion) can prevent a lot more of that bad thing. <BH SH> The...
Susan Hogarth wrote: SH> Your thought experiment amounts to something like "Imagine that white was actually black. What color would absorb more light?" <SH ...
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