Persons have rights granted by God or arising simply by human birth,
whichever bois your water. Rights secured are liberty. Just governments are
instituted among people deriving there powers from the consent of the people
to secure these rights resulting in liberty. Governments have NO rights -
only powers. Only people have rights. In the US, the document from the
people granting specific powers to the government for the sake of liberty in
called The Constitution. It's a great document, even allowing for amendment
should times change and the need arise. I wish it was used here in the US.
There is no such thing as perfection, but striving toward it is still worthy
human goal.
I guess that makes me a libertarian at heart.
Regards,
Bob...
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-Jean Luc Godard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>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.
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