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To: mark silvers who wrote (17852)	6/21/1998 4:32:00 PM
From: Henry Volquardsen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Mark, I read your analysis of libertarianism with interest. Frankly, my friend, you don't know what you are talking about. Libertarianism is not about wealth. It is about freedom and individual responsibility for one's action. And it is a hell of a lot more humane and respcectful of the individual than the quasi-socialist, condescending, smug liberals and quasi facist, hypocritical conservatives that dominate the political agenda of our country. You statement that there is a complete lack of rules in creating wealth in libertarianism is obscenely ignorant. Theft and fraud are anathema to a libertarian, whether perpetrated by an individual or a government stealing from the commons to feed their special interests. As to your statement that there are no poor libertarians. More ignorant nonsense. I am in the same industry as you. I worked my way through college as a bartender, bouncer, artist and various other odd jobs. I started out in this industry as a file clerk and made very little money. I was a libertarian the entire time and remain a libertarian to this day. I have known in the past and no today a great many libertarians who are poor or of modest means. Your ignorance and prejudice blind you to what libertarianism is about. Henry

To: mark silvers who wrote (17852)	6/22/1998 9:32:00 AM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 39621

Mark: Sorry -- you're way off the mark, Mark. Ha-ha. "However, you quite clearly worship or a more mundane, or material god, CASH." I do not worship money. I merely said it is moral. This is because money is representative of the wealth that is created and the trade that is done by free men and women giving value for value. The opposite of this is altruism which preaches the "morality" of giving value for the valueless. As for libertarians like Paul revere, Ben Franklin and Tom Jefferson, yes, I would be honored to stand with these men. The Libertarian Party is another issue. They have many things wrong and some of their beliefs could actually lead to Statism. I do not support them. So both your interpretations/assumptions are wrong. FT