Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] Fw: Limited Popular Appeal of Libertarianism Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2003 14:48:37 -0400 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Sun, 01 Jun 2003 13:57:52 -0000, Ronald J. Wieck wrote: > Elitism, I=A0concede, is not necessarily bad, > but you risk, after advocating the >=A0legalization of heroin and personal ownership of nukes,= marginalizing >=A0yourselves. I can't let you get by lumping non-FDA-approved drug use and= nukes . As you've seen here the advocacy of individual ownership of= nukes has been pretty thoroughly drubbed . Repellent as I find the notion of sticking a needle in one's= self for anything not health threatening , I am not elite enough to presume a right to interfere with that individual's choices as long as his behaviors do not impinge upon me or my fellow= citizens If they do , I will hold him or her responsible for those= behaviors . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 NEW : Newsletter : http://cosy.com/K/CoSy/NL200305.htm Ultimate Computing Environment : =A0http://cosy.com/K/CoSy.htm=A0 A WTC vision : http://cosy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/06/01 2:34:57 PM