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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Grainne who wrote (97830)	3/12/2005 3:54:29 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Sorry, but it was an obvious error. I'd changed the post, and the last sentence then required a new segue which I'd neglected. It should have read more like this: When I was younger and all-knowing I was a libertarian. I didn't want anything because nothing had been given to me. Society and the economy are better off because I got GI Bill after donating my body to the government, but I'd have preferred a Government Service equivalent like fighting forest fires or something. As an educated professional, I could provide more leverage. As I got older, had children and aging parents, it became apparent that not everyone gets the same set of capabilities. Libertarian philosophies lack compassion, which I feel (now) is essential. A generally socially liberal philosophy is beneficial because there are many ways to make it in the world, most of which bring some value if not exploitive and balanced by their true costs.