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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (18341)	7/16/2001 3:05:28 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

You can believe in socially conservative ideas without feeling the need to impose them over others by using government force. Yes, you can. That's exactly the point. How do people like that coexist with those who would impose them? You fuss about the imposition of environmental regulation and gun control but yet you walk arm in arm with people who would impose their social conservatism. Either you're against government intrusion or you're not. It's not about being a social conservative. I hold lots of socially conservative views, especially about personal responsibility and integrity, our duty to our families, and that you need to apply yourself to get ahead. But I wouldn't consider affiliating with a party who wanted the government to muck around in them, no matter how fiscally conservative I am, and I am quite so. We're talking personal freedom here. That's pretty basic. I understand that when you vote you have to make a choice and that the preponderance of your views are on the Republican side. I'm not questioning that. I simply asked how libertarians could be in the same room with the non-libertarian subset of the social conservatives and not get a rash. Karen