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[EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Clansgian AT wmconnect.com wrote:
> > > Many of you probably think Libertarians are close to right wing nut
> > jobs, but it is not true.  Libertarians come from both sides of the
> > common fence/common sense. 
>
> People do not understand (because they do not value) staunch individual 
> freedom.
>
> So the Republicans look at the Libertarian plank that says what you do to 
> your own body is absolutely no one's business but your own, and all they can see 
> is a burned out hippie wanting pot to be legalized.

Or some rabid pro-lifer who well...you know..


> And Democrats look at the plank that opposes government involvement in trades 
> and professions and can only see anarchy and exploitation.

Or gun toters who yell 'Fire' in a theatre.


> I keep a barf bag by the computer because in every discussion of 
> Libertarianism som moron is bound to pipe up and say, "Well, if we didn't have government 
> regulation, Monsanto would take over the world."
>
> It's because they neither understand nor value freedom.

If everyone were Libertarians, Monsanto would not be rich enough to take 
over anything, because people will have voted with their wallets.



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hate. Hate leads to suffering.”        Yoda