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To: maceng2 who wrote (73514)	5/15/2010 7:25:13 PM
From: Snowshoe	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

>>MQ is a pretend Libertarian who, like Alan Greenspan, is a pretend Libertarian living in deep denial.<< You are absolutely correct! ;>)

To: maceng2 who wrote (73514)	5/16/2010 6:08:52 PM
From: Gib Bogle	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

"I have a distaste for extremists in any form." In my experience, Libertarians tend to be extremists. This is a common trait of people who believe they've found a simple answer to a set of complex problems, e.g. religious folk. I have a strong preference for being left alone to make my own decisions about how I live, a dislike for authority, and little regard for convention. Like you, I guess, I have an anarchistic streak. But I know that my attitudes, aptitudes and opinions are not typical of mankind at large. I don't make the mistake of thinking that what suits me would suit everyone. I see examples every day of how other people use their freedom, and it's perfectly clear to me that there is a need to place limits on individual freedom for the good of the group. All this has been thought about deeply by highly able people - hence the discipline of welfare economics. I give much more value to these thinkers than to Ayn Rand.