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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!!
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To: Grainne who wrote (97755)3/23/2005 6:47:47 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 108807
 
Oh come on!!!! It IS a matter of selfishness. Libertarians want small government and even smaller taxes (damm the public schools or the homeless), but they also want all their drugs and hard porn and kinky sex to be totally legal and readily available.

No inherent selfishness in that combination. It would be selfish to say "cut my taxes", but "raise taxes on Bob and Jim", but it isn't selfish to say the government shouldn't grab so much of our money. In fact it could be argued as being selfish to say the government should take people's money and use it to support my agenda.

As for drugs, prostitution ect., libertarians aren't necessarily any more in to them then other people are. They think just think they should be legal. I've never used cocaine or marijuana. I've never even smoked a cigarette. But I don't think that people should get prison terms because they have such habits.

Tim
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