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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Dan B. who wrote (6527)	11/18/2000 12:32:59 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

Freedom for what and for whom. There are all sorts of freedom. You decide what freedom you like and you call THAT freedom- but it's quite quite arbitrary.

To: Dan B. who wrote (6527)	11/18/2000 8:43:42 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

This concern for everyone's personal freedoms is the crux of why there is indeed great passion and concern for all citizens embodied within the "right wing" of this country. Every once in a while I try to engage someone regarding what appears to me to be an inconsistency. I haven't yet been able to get an explanation that makes sense to me. Perhaps you can offer one? As a libertarian (small "l", although I did vote for Harry 4 years ago), I simply cannot abide the "right wing." I cannot understand how they can be so hot for liberty in some domains, like money, guns, and personal associations, but so opposed to it in others, like religion and personal choices. I fear my liberty is more at risk from the right wing than from any other element of society. I don't have any interest in toting a gun, but I do have interest in not having the majority religion imposed on me and in being allowed to make my own medical decisions, like enabling my death when I'm ready to go. Can you explain to me how the "right wing" can go on so about liberty as a principle while working to deny the most personal of liberties to citizens? It looks like hypocrisy to me. Can you offer a different interpretation? Karen