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On Sat, 16 Sep 2000 17:11:49 -0500, Tracey-Levin <tracey12@hotbot.com>
wrote:

<see comments at bottom>

>"Keith A. Glass" wrote:
>
>> On 16 Sep 2000 20:22:48 GMT, Merlin Dorfman
>> <dorfman@netcom14.netcom.com> wrote:
>>
>> >In ca.general Tracey-Levin <tracey12@hotbot.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >: The Liberal wants more government and taxation.
>> >
>> >: The Conservative wants less government, and taxes dramatically reduced.
>> >
>> >     Surprisingly enough, Tracey isn't too far off here.
>> >     Liberals are generally in favor of a more activist government,
>> >which costs more, hence higher taxes.
>>
>> >     We do need to mention that conservatives are also genreally
>> >in favor of higher defense spending, which costs money also.
>>
>> True, but defense is a required portion of any nations' expenses....
>>
>> >     But I'm glad Tracey did not go on to the next statement that
>> >conservatives usually make, which is that conservatives are in
>> >favor of more individual freedom, hence they want restrictions on
>> >individual activities only when those activities cause direct
>> >harm to others.  This is clearly untrue, because most
>> >conservatives are in favor of outlawing abortion, flag burning,
>> >homosexual marriage, and narcotics.
>>
>> Depends on who you consider conservative. . .
>>
>> There are a lot of, for lack of a better term, Christian Nationalists
>> who agree with many tenets of Conservatism, but not all.  And then
>> there are people like William F. Buckley who have called for the
>> abolition of drug laws. . .  In many ways, the Libertarians are the
>> ultimate in true Conservative principles: limit the scope and actions
>> of the Government across the board, and not only when it fits your
>> particular ideological blinders. . . .
>>
>> --
>> Keith A. Glass, MCP  Rogue Sysadmin / Engineer / TechnoJOAT
>> Assimilated by the Borg, Saved by the Code of the Penguin
>
>We had a mayor in Houston one time a few years back who, when asked what he
>would do about the homosexual problem, said "Why Hell, we'll just have to
>shoot the queers".

Travid. . . 

What has that got to do with the difference between Conservatives and
Liberals ???

I'd LOVE to see your logic, if any here. . . .
--
Keith A. Glass, MCP  Rogue Sysadmin / Engineer / TechnoJOAT
Assimilated by the Borg, Saved by the Code of the Penguin