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Re: Boulder, Denver weekend riots

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From: Brad Knotwell
Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 00:00
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And I thought the first post of your's I read was stupid. . .silly me, I
spoke to soon.  I guess stupidity really doesn't have its limits!!

--Brad (wondering where I put my can of Troll-Begone)

Me (none@urbusiness.com) wrote:
: So tell me how the personal quest for
: greed and gain embodied in conservative and
: libertarian ethics demonstrates a concern
: for community and civil responsibilities?  Hmm?

: I haven't seen anyone from the left toting
: machine guns, grenades, or blowing up 
: federal buildings lately, have you?  Hmmm?

: The left doesn't insist on "new" rights.  It merely
: wants all citizens (the community) to be covered 
: by the "old" rights, which seems anathema to 
: conservatives  and, certainly, to the pre-14th 
: Amendment quoting libertarian.  Hmmmmm?

: And for Mr. Blasciak who offered that
: "Boulder" was bastion of liberalism, are you
: actually trying to tell me those CU kiddies who 
: drive them Beemers and demand the drinking of alcohol
: as a civil right, the ones who rioted to demand equal
: beer protection under the law, are also out working in soup kitchens and
: marching to demand social and constitutional
: parody for those traditionally denied them?  Hmmmmm?  

: Mr. B, do you want to know what lovers of civil liberties
: you gots down in El Paso County?  Just tell me about the
: oath of conservatism the El Paso County Republican party
: made its board take in order to BE a member of the board?
: Then shall we talk about those neato folks at Colorado
: for Family Values and Focus on the Family who continue
: to promote Hitler's greatest hope, towit:

: 	"The future of a movement is conditioned by the
: 	fanaticism, yes, the intolerance with which its
: 	adherents uphold it as the sole correct movement,
: 	and push it past other formations of a similar sort."
: 		- Mein Kampf, Volume 1, Chapter 12.


: Noting like fanaticism and intolerance as community values,
: or else.

: Check mate.
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From: bpk@evolving.com (Brad Knotwell)
Subject: Re: Boulder, Denver weekend riots
Date: 1997/05/07
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