Most people with political opinions seem to consider themselves to be either liberal or conservative. I am neither. I grew up as a conservative christian. From about the time I was ten, I was very interested in politics and religion. I lost my belief in god early in my adult life, and I'm now very much a libertarian, though I don't always agree completely with the libertarian party positions. I would likely be a libertarian to some degree if I had retained my belief in god, but I can't say for sure.
For those of you who don't know, a libertarian basically believes that governments should have as little influence in our lives as possible. That sounds somewhat like conservative Republicans (at least conservative Republican voters). However, conservatives often want governement in our lives when it comes to non-economic issues like drugs, indecent language, pornography, buying alcohol on Sundays, etc. Also, in practice, the Republicans who are elected do little to reduce the size of government.
Here is a quick simplistic comparison between conservatives, liberals, and libertarians.
Conservatives: If you smoke crack, you should go to jail.
Liberals: If you smoke crack, go to a rehab center and we'll help rehabilitate you.
Libertarians: Smoke all the crack you want. But don't expect us to pay for your rehab. And if you actively harm others regardless of the role crack plays in that harm, you should go to jail.
Here is another simplistic comparison I've heard elsewhere:
Conservatives: Don't stick anything up your ass. That's nasty and immoral.
Liberals: Stick whatever you want up your ass. What you do with your body is your own choice, except for when you smoke or refuse to wear seatbelts.
Libertarians: Stick whatever you want up your ass. Just don't ask us for help if it gets stuck.
I disagree with many libertarians when it comes to the war in Iraq, which I'll explain in a later post.
Like I said earlier, I don't believe in god. I don't deny god because I think I'm too good for god or because I'm angry at him. It's not because of any rebellion or the desire to not pay consequences for my sins. I just simply do not see any good reason to believe there is a god. I'll probably get into this in another post.
Please, reserve comments about the war in Iraq or religion/atheism for future posts about these issues.
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If you smoke crack, you should go to jail. I believe if someone introduces a minor to crack they should go to jail. If they use crack while on the job they should go to jail. I would never touch the stuff but if an adult wants to destroy their life I'm against BIG GOVERNMENT dictating common sense.
Don't stick anything up your ass. That's nasty and immoral. Again, minors excluded, BIG GOVERNMENT has no business dictating the contents of a person's ass. Why should you care what someone does in private? It's none of your business and it certainly isn't BIG GOVERNMENT's business.
As far as Iraq I've been enlightened by Iraq's own constitution and as I posted today, I'm totally against us giving the lives of Americans and their body parts and our money to establish a total Islamic country.
:justadog
I think an employer is certainly right if he/she chooses to fire someone using that crap on the job, but I think jail should only be required if someone using crack on the job is a bus driver, airplane pilot, etc. whose on-the-job crack usage puts peoples lives in danger. Ditto for anyone else who is high while driving, hunting, etc. But hell yeah, it's not "BIG GOVERNMENT'S" job to dictate common sense.
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