I love you, Paul! I really do. :-) I'm not going to respond to the substantive parts of either of your posts. I will say that your first post hardly inflamed me or even got me warmed up. I did smile as I read it...
I'm hardly a "liberal" so whatever conclusions you've reached as to what liberalism is, amount to little more than a passing interest to me. Cheers, frank On October 22, 2015 10:02:00 AM EDT, paul stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: >No need to gush, Stanley. Frank’s comment is a clever turn of words but >meaningless, in that I was not debating anything or offering any kind >of argument. I merely made an observation, based on my experience, as >others have done in this thread. Of course, my words inflamed all the >lefties, but that was expected. No straw men here, other than Frank’s >diversion. > >> On Oct 22, 2015, at 9:37 AM, Stanley Halpin ><s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: >> >> >>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 9:57 PM, frank theriault ><knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> "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.” >>> >> xxxxxxxxx >>> There are so many straw men in there, the Wizard of Oz is wondering >>> which one to give the brain to… >>> >> xxxxxxxxx >> >> Mark! >> >>> LOL >>> >>> cheers, >>> >>> frank >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 21, 2015 at 8:57 PM, Paul Stenquist ><pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Paul via phone >>>> >>>>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 8:28 PM, Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> >wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Oct 21, 2015, at 12:15 AM, Brian Walters ><supera1...@fastmail.fm> 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 >>>>> eew...@bellsouth.net >>>>> >>>>> “[I]t is a sign of great inner insecurity to be hostile to the >unfamiliar.” >>>>> >>>>> - Anais Nin >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>>> 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 >>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>> 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 >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> 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 >> PDML@pdml.net >> 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 >PDML@pdml.net >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 Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
