Comments on: Greetings!

By: Tom in Cala Dor Palma de Mallorca

Tom in Cala Dor Palma de Mallorca — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 12:22:09 +0000

Very fitting I think: “God is the inner principle of all movement, the only identity which already fulfils and illuminates the universe. Everything is incorporated in this one principle, because it encloses infinity, it includes everything, and there is nothing that could be outside of it. ” Giordano Bruno

By: Elihu Embree

Elihu Embree — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 23:32:48 +0000

Jama,
Good points. I couldn’t have said it better myself. I do enjoy reading your blog. I hope you don’t mind that I placed it on my blog list.

~EE

By: Jama

Jama — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 17:51:14 +0000

I must reiterate what EE posted in his response. If life begins at conception, then abortion is the harming of another person, and the person who does the harming must be held responsible. According to the Libertarian platform: “The Libertarian Party is the party of personal responsibility. We believe that anyone who harms another person should be held responsible for that action.”

So, the argument here is not whether or not someone should be punished for harming another – the answer to that is clearly affirmative. Rather, the argument is over when life begins. If not at conception, then when?

By: Elihu Embree

Elihu Embree — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:49:43 +0000

Ayn,
If you continue to follow my blog, you will discover that I am not a single issue voter. I also did not claim to be a Libertarian, but I said I “take a Libertarian approach,” which simply means that I long for a less intrusive government on many issues.

I do not believe that my view on abortion is anti-Libertarian, but I do reiterate I am not a Libertarian; I simply have a Libertarian ideology on several issues. (I will change my post that says that I despise the pro-choice crowd. It is a little harsher than I had hoped to put forward.) My belief is that evidence points to life beginning at conception. (There is evidence that says otherwise, but I have to err on the side of it beginning at conception.) Following this reasoning then, if life begins at conception, then abortion would, in effect, kill an actual human life. This would mean that an innocent life was lost, and thus there was a murder. Murder is something that must be a crime, and thus the government must be involved.

I do not believe that the government should be involved in most of my private life. However, if I were to not stand up for this, then I would be a hypocrite, following my line of thought. I can not speak for you. I do not know when you think that life begins, but I hope that you will not see my thoughts as being hypocritical. And I do ask that you come to my blog. Be as critical as possible.

And, I have looked at the Libertarian Platform. I admire much of what is in it, but if I were to run for office, I would probably not do so as a Libertarian. But, I do admire the Libertarian ideology, and I do agree with several ideas of the Libertarian Party.

~ EE

By: Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:41:54 +0000

Salutations. I would imagine the pro-choice crowd doesn’t care for you much either. I wish for the good of the country you folks in these two groups would get a dialogue going, instead of being so hateful. You single issue eemotion voters are getting on our last Liberatarian nerve. If you are a true Liberatarian, then you want smaller gov’t and you don’t believe that government intrusion into your personal affairs is proper. Buy yourself THE LIBERATARIAN READER and educate yourself on the Liberatarian philosophy(the essay, The Subjugation of Women: A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft might be a great place for you to begin). Please don’t call yourself a Liberatarian when you are really a Republican pro-life advocate. You can’t have it both ways and those of us who are true libratarians find you to be somewhat socialistic. Friedman is rolling over in his grave. Sorry. Good luck and God bless you.