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To: Neocon who wrote (118763)	11/6/2003 4:25:05 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Neoconservatives believe that politics is about morality, and that morality should infuse political behavior. Democracy thrives upon what they call "the bourgeois virtues" of thrift, the delaying of gratification, honesty, probity, and loyalty. The importance of individual moral responsibility is the flip side of the classical liberal's insistence upon personal freedom and initiative; neoconservatives maintain that each side is needed to make the other work. For example, while material wealth is necessary for a thriving society with a high standard of living, it is not an end in itself. This wealth can be put in the service of the things that truly "matter" in life, such as education and intellectual vitality; civil society, as in those mediating institutions that give society a collective existence independent of the state; and religion. Religion is the source of the moral virtues that animate both individuals and the society in which they live. Thanks, neocon, for posting that bit of definitional work. But you forgot to find an author who adds that neocons are bloodthirsty, demonic, elitist creatures whose idea of fun is planning wars and subverting logic--first cousins of the Illuminati. vbg