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In article <184_9412270425@salata.com>,
Larry Fletcher <larry@salata.com> wrote:
>Apparently you have never read the Libertarian platform.  The environmental

Sure have.

>part of the platform looks like it was written by a senile lawyer with all of
>his stock in chemical companies.  Their plan is to get rid of all of the
>government agencies that are supposed to protect people and the environment. 

Yup.

>The only protection would be a lawsuit, with obvious consequences for anyone
>that couldn't afford years in the court system.  In other words, the
>Libertarian Party is a joke.

Larry, it is the _gov't_'s sad record on the environment that is the joke.
The LP wishes to cast the environment in terms of property rights, which
is, after all, what the environment _is_.  And in your distaste for
lawyers - which I share - you ignored the fact that the LP would not
allow the courts to have their current monopoly, either.  I don't care
to get into a massive educational lesson about the philosophy in a
socialist newsgroup, especially just before vacation, nor do I claim
to support _everything_ they stand for, but I will note I'd prefer to
support 90% of what they stand for than 10% of what the Democrats
stand for and 20% of what the Republicans stand for.  I will also
note that you need to understand their proposed solutions before you
can effectively argue with them, and you don't.

http://w3.ag.uiuc.edu/liberty/libweb.html
http://w3.ag.uiuc.edu/liberty/libphilo.html
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