Re: [OT] Liberals was: Personal hoody-hoo

On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 06:27:56 -0700 (PDT), John Atkinson
<johnmatkinson@yahoo.com> wrote:

>For instance,
>I believe in unlimited firearm ownership for
>non-felons without a record of mental disease.  I also
>wouldn't be bothered by decriminalization of marijuana
>or state recognition of homosexual relationships.  On
>the other hand, unlike your classical libertarian, I
>believe in the interstate highway system, air traffic
>controllers, large and well-funded Armed Forces, and
>an actively imperialistic foreign policy.  And the
>income tax.

What's interesting here is that there's not a whole lot of difference
between
John and me as far as beliefs go. The biggest is probably firearm
ownership
(no, I am _not_ trying to start THAT debate) but that's more of a
Scots-Canadian versus US difference, I think. Otherwise we're probably
pretty
close in our beliefs. And yet he characterizes himself as conservative
and me
as liberal. 

It just shows what I've always thought, that political parties have
their own
agenda and no party fits (or even _can_ fit) most citizens of a given
country.

Allan Goodall		       agoodall@hyperbear.com
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