RE: [WAR]: Does *anybody* read libertarian views against this war?

From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Wed Mar 19 2003 - 09:10:06 MST

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    Mike writes

    > Just wondering. It seems all the pro-war stuff I hear on this list is
    > directed against hippie leftist peaceniks.

    What a coincidence. All the anti-war stuff on I hear appears to
    come from hippie leftist peaceniks. ;-)

    Amara writes

    > I think (not sure, without more work) that many or most libertarians
    > are against the Iraq war. (at least the ones that I've read ;-) )

    Seriously, I'll bet the Nolan chart pretty well predicts your
    stance. If you haven't, please try the World's Smallest Political
    Quiz:

    http://www.self-gov.org/quiz.html

    (sorry if the questions are mostly for Americans). For example,
    suppose that you score exactly at the top of the chart, namely,
    you are libertarian on both social and economic issues. Then
    I predict that there is a fifty percent probability that you'll
    be for the war. If you score a little to the left, the probability
    lessens that you are for the war.

    My explanation of this phenomenon (if true, of course), is that
    most people came to libertarianism from somewhere, and issues
    that more directly involve our feelings are liable to expose
    this origin.

    Lee



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