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To: steve-b
No, I don't. I selected it for the author's points on Libertarianism. Those points have yet to be refuted, except for someone to say "he's a commie!". That is not an argument.
68 posted on 02/01/2002 10:59:14 AM PST by Exnihilo
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To: Exnihilo
No, I don't. I selected it for the author's points on Libertarianism. Those points have yet to be refuted, except for someone to say "he's a commie!". That is not an argument

Welcome to the world of Libertarianism, where they will state with a straight face that they are "conservatives" and in the next breath will state what a great "constitutional" organization the ACLU is.

81 posted on 02/01/2002 11:04:01 AM PST by Dane
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To: Exnihilo
Those points have yet to be refuted, except for someone to say "he's a commie!". That is not an argument.

Commies have no standing to make arguments against freedom for the same reason al-Qaeda apologists have no standing to make arguments against Israel.

82 posted on 02/01/2002 11:04:35 AM PST by steve-b
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To: Exnihilo
No, I don't. I selected it for the author's points on Libertarianism. Those points have yet to be refuted, except for someone to say "he's a commie!". That is not an argument.

I believe it is a valid argument. What does Treanor believe to be right? Not Democracy either. I found this on his sight too:

WHY DEMOCRACY IS WRONG

Democracy does not deserve the semi-sacred status accorded to it. Democratically elected politicians such as Jörg Haider, Silvio Berlusconi, Umberto Bossi and Gianfranco Fini remind Europe of democracy's defects: an anti-racist dictatorship is preferable to a racist democracy. Democracy is not a perfect system of government, and the global expansion of democracy is mainly a result of victory in war, not moral superiority. At the end of the Second World War, the democratic system did have immense political credit. By now, it looks more like a simple ideology of conquest, inseparable from military force. The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the American reaction, illustrate this crusading aspect of democracy. Certainly Americans today are more likely to associate 'democracy' with military force, rather than electoral process. Democracy fights to exist, to defend its existence, and to spread itself. The criticism here is in 5 sections...

go to his site and read on. And then, perhaps you should figure a way now to refute what he says about democracy as well rather than waste time for Libertarians. My advise is: always check your sources for credibility before using them to bash someone whose philosophy you happen to disagree with.

317 posted on 02/01/2002 2:49:25 PM PST by takenoprisoner
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