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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (5577)	2/11/2004 9:07:12 AM
From: LPS5	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13056

Nice try. Message 19780175 One certainly need not adhere to, or even hold in regard, the objectivist philosophy of Ayn Rand (or, for that matter, to Lew Rockwell) to be a libertarian. But there are many parallels and ideological intersections between the two that make almost all libertarians appreciative of her writings, differing by degree from individual to individual. Being against the Bush Administration is merely one facet of current political discourse. I'd add that it serves as a platform (or, where applies, as a 'qualifier') for any number of political parties and groups. But to the extent that you are adamantly pro-state, anti-market, and pro-collectivism/egalitarianism, you are by definition not a libertarian; not even of the palest stripe. LPS5

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (5577)	2/11/2004 9:09:50 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Respond to of 13056

That is excellent news. Government lawyers have been on a roll lately, perhaps this will reverse the trend. Homeland Security (a vaguely Eurofascist term if there ever was one) lawyers are still inexplicably incarcerating a Tibetan nun. Message 19736601 And there is the case of a hard-working 56 year old father of five. Free Luigi! Message 19719281