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To: Road Walker who wrote (321474)	1/17/2007 7:55:07 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574249

"I buy into about 1/3 of the libertarian stuff... when they want a ideological solution rather than a pragmatic (it works) solution is when I have a problem." I am with you there, although maybe at a higher percentage. But most of the libertarians I ever met were all zealots. "I think you just make stuff work for ordinary people... it can be socialist, communist, Scientology, libertarian, Fundy Christian, Conservative/Liberal, Marxist, Mongolian, even shortyism; who gives a shit. As long as people benefit." It is tough for me to get too worked up over labels. Any system can be made to work with the appropriate compromises. Any "pure" system, at least the ones that have been proposed so far, are flawed in some way. So compromises need to be made to ensure that everyone has a stake in making things work. Because that is what is needed to make sure things are stable. So everyone has to benefit.

To: Road Walker who wrote (321474)	1/18/2007 5:35:33 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574249

I think you just make stuff work for ordinary people... it can be socialist, communist, Scientology, libertarian, Fundy Christian, Conservative/Liberal, Marxist, Mongolian, even shortyism; who gives a shit. As long as people benefit. I don't think I am any one ~ism inspite of the fact, I say I am liberal. Having said that, I find Tim's version of libertarianism disturbing. Its too cold and impersonal......and appears to be predicated on what's best for capitalism, and not the people served by capitalism.