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Post by RS Davis on Oct 16, 2003 0:28:23 GMT -5
There are no stupid questions. If there is something you would like to know about libertarianism, just start a thread in this section. You can ask about libertarian positions on the issues, libertarian solutions to modern problems, or how things will work in a libertarian world. I will do my best to answer every question, and I am sure any other libertarians in here will help, as well.
Thanks for stopping by!!
- Rick
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Post by Gabrielle on Oct 18, 2003 19:05:35 GMT -5
Rick, I don't know ANYTHING about libertarianism.
Zero, zip, nada. Soooooo...
-abortion?
-school funding?
-healthcare?
-religion?
-Gay rights?
-guns?
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Post by RS Davis on Oct 18, 2003 23:22:53 GMT -5
Rick, I don't know ANYTHING about libertarianism. Zero, zip, nada. Soooooo... -abortion? -school funding? -healthcare? -religion? -Gay rights? -guns? Wow. That's a lot of stuff. I was expecting more specific questions. I'll just kind of give one-offs... Abortion - We're split on this. We pretty much agree that Roe v. Wade was bad law, but some think abortion should be protected, and some do not. School funding - Decentralize it, and bring it back to the local level, at the very least. From there, opinions vary from supporting vouchers to supporting the abolishment of government schools altogether. Healthcare - We're for it. ;D Religion - No real opinion, other than keep it the fuck away from our government. Gay rights - Everyone deserves equal treatment before the law, even pole smokers.  j/k JT and Barmax.... Guns - We support the Second Amendment. If you have any more specific questions, feel free to start a thread and ask em!  - Rick |
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Post by CJYJTJ on Oct 19, 2003 14:21:27 GMT -5
There are no stupid questions. Why is it when I get really hungry and open a bag of Cheetos REALLY fast, they fly across the room, but when my wife buys some crappy food that smells bad, she never drops it and has to get rid of it? |
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Post by RS Davis on Oct 19, 2003 14:25:34 GMT -5
Why is it when I get really hungry and open a bag of Cheetos REALLY fast, they fly across the room, but when my wife buys some crappy food that smells bad, she never drops it and has to get rid of it? It's the two party system working hard to divide you, of course.... - Rick |
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Post by CJYJTJ on Oct 19, 2003 14:37:05 GMT -5
It's the two party system working hard to divide you, of course.... - Rick You mean those really hot chicks two doors down, and the single guy who has the house on the corner, both places having a rather high quality party going last night? |
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Post by dr snootch on Oct 25, 2003 19:18:05 GMT -5
Explain the anti-abortion position. It would seem that Libertarians would, at the very least, not care what any given woman does with her body. Or maybe I'm missing the point
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Post by RS Davis on Oct 25, 2003 19:26:56 GMT -5
Explain the anti-abortion position. It would seem that Libertarians would, at the very least, not care what any given woman does with her body. Or maybe I'm missing the point Libertarians are split on this issue, because it a case of conflicting rights. We disagree on which right is paramount - the right to life possessed by the child, and the right of the mother to not have another living being remaining unbidden and parasitic in her body. We all pretty much agree Roe v. Wade was bad law. As for myself, I don't think anyone should ever have an abortion, but I am pro-choice. For further reasearch: Libertarians for Life - and - Pro-Choice Libertarians - Rick |
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Post by dr snootch on Feb 1, 2004 11:10:36 GMT -5
Is it the moment of conception —
that point when all of the above is set in motion?
That precise moment when
"a separate human individual, with her own genetic code,
needing only food, water, and oxygen, comes into existence"?Therin lies the misconception. If the fetus only required food, water and oxygen, it should be able to survive outside the woman's womb if given food, water and oxygen. This is clearly not the case. I'm not discounting the fetus' right to life any more than I discount my own right to life. However, if I am starving and unable to acquire food, I have no more right to your food than the fetus has to the woman's womb. Parents are currently able to shirk their parental duties through the process of adoption. They don't even have to line up the prospective parents themselves. An agency provides for the child until such time as suitable and voluntary parents can be found. Perhaps the woman does not have the right to 'kill' the fetus, but she, in my opinion, does have the right to have it extricated from her womb exactly like parents of born children have the right to turn over care of that child to a separate and voluntary entity.
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Post by RS Davis on Feb 9, 2004 0:50:29 GMT -5
Is it the moment of conception —
that point when all of the above is set in motion?
That precise moment when
"a separate human individual, with her own genetic code,
needing only food, water, and oxygen, comes into existence"?Therin lies the misconception. If the fetus only required food, water and oxygen, it should be able to survive outside the woman's womb if given food, water and oxygen. This is clearly not the case. I'm not discounting the fetus' right to life any more than I discount my own right to life. However, if I am starving and unable to acquire food, I have no more right to your food than the fetus has to the woman's womb. Parents are currently able to shirk their parental duties through the process of adoption. They don't even have to line up the prospective parents themselves. An agency provides for the child until such time as suitable and voluntary parents can be found. Perhaps the woman does not have the right to 'kill' the fetus, but she, in my opinion, does have the right to have it extricated from her womb exactly like parents of born children have the right to turn over care of that child to a separate and voluntary entity. I couldn't have said this better myself. If the act of removing the child kills it, that is an unfortunate consequence, and it is then up to medical science to help preserve life at its earliest stages. Killing a child that could live outside the womb should be prohibited. - Rick |
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Post by Mylaan on May 1, 2004 14:19:12 GMT -5
No one on this planet is forcing me to have a child against my will. Bottom line.
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Post by outgirl on May 1, 2004 14:34:03 GMT -5
No one on this planet is forcing me to have a child against my will. Bottom line. agreed |
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Post by RubyRidge on Mar 6, 2006 19:50:19 GMT -5
"Healthcare - We're for it."
LOL...I can't believe nobody caught that! I'm pro-healthcare, too...I just know that putting the government in charge of anything is the surest way to fuck it up, and I certainly don't want to pay for somebody else's healthcare (although we all do already). I swear, the illegals here have nicer teeth than I do. It's just not fair! It's bad enough property owners have to pay for SHITTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS...whether they have kids in the school system or not. Well, not in TX, not anymore. The supreme court ruled that the property tax is unconstitutional. That's how they were funding the schools. Problem is, now they have no clue how the schools will be funded this coming fall. And cities like Austin and Houston and San Antonio are now chock fulla Katrina evacuees who obviously cannot afford private schooling. I will keep ya posted on this situation as it becomes more fucked up...
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Post by snjmom on Sept 13, 2006 14:49:37 GMT -5
Do Libertarians believe that anything other than the military should be government funded?
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Post by RS Davis on Oct 2, 2006 10:10:33 GMT -5
Do Libertarians believe that anything other than the military should be government funded? Well, it depends upon the libertarian. Personally, I think that the only proper roles for government is in enforcing contracts and protecting us from violence, both foreign and domestic. Some believe in less, some more. - R |
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