Sleeping Dog
October 27, 2006, 12:39 PM
geekWithA.45, got a hair trigger today? :)
mbt2001 posted a thread and it got closed in nine minutes? That's gotta be a record. And just because it repeats some old thoughts that are buried down the list somewhere. Heck, how many threads are allowed to live when all they do is resurrect the argument about the superiority of .30-'06 over .308 or the other way 'round?
I'm always optimistic that I might be able to learn something from some of these threads.
Anyway, my response to mbt2001 before the lock snapped shut:
There's a lot to like about Libertarian positions. Two downsides come to mind - the view that borders should be completely open, and the fact that they are mostly unelectable. Sort of "a vote for libertarian helps to make Pelosi the Speaker of the House".
I remember taking some stupid online test of "degrees of libertarian". To score high, you would have to believe that "the public" or "the state" should not own anything. Everything should be in private ownership. Including schools, highways, sewers, national parks & forests, libraries. That seemed a little too radical for me. I don't know if it really reflects libertarian thinking, it was just a test on the internet. Do libertarian views really go that far on the path away from public ownership?
Gotta like the views on guns, though, as well as some other stuff.
Regards.
That's all I had to say on the subject. GWA45, you can go ahead and lock this one too. I feel better now. :cool:
mbt2001 posted a thread and it got closed in nine minutes? That's gotta be a record. And just because it repeats some old thoughts that are buried down the list somewhere. Heck, how many threads are allowed to live when all they do is resurrect the argument about the superiority of .30-'06 over .308 or the other way 'round?
I'm always optimistic that I might be able to learn something from some of these threads.
Anyway, my response to mbt2001 before the lock snapped shut:
There's a lot to like about Libertarian positions. Two downsides come to mind - the view that borders should be completely open, and the fact that they are mostly unelectable. Sort of "a vote for libertarian helps to make Pelosi the Speaker of the House".
I remember taking some stupid online test of "degrees of libertarian". To score high, you would have to believe that "the public" or "the state" should not own anything. Everything should be in private ownership. Including schools, highways, sewers, national parks & forests, libraries. That seemed a little too radical for me. I don't know if it really reflects libertarian thinking, it was just a test on the internet. Do libertarian views really go that far on the path away from public ownership?
Gotta like the views on guns, though, as well as some other stuff.
Regards.
That's all I had to say on the subject. GWA45, you can go ahead and lock this one too. I feel better now. :cool: