Re: RealID, another Republican effort to steal your rights.

On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:30:11 -0700, Simon S Aysdie wrote:
On Aug 23, 10:28 am, Richard The Dreaded Libertarian

Hillary only wants to take away your money.
The neocons want to take away your Liberty.

Well now you're making finely graded distinctions.

I'm still baffled how such an ostensibly brilliant man could fall for
the neocon party line, hook, line, and sinker.

Why? Skill in one area certainly doesn't mean brilliance in all --
especially in social/political matters. Great scientists are famous
for being cranks in politics. Steinmetz was brilliant and a commie.
Smart one way, dumb another. So were many, many others.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Proteus_Steinmetz

In some ways engineers/designers are the worst and most badly out of
their field in social fields. Designers are famous for thinking a
functioning society is a simple matter of intelligent design --
basically similar to a religious creationist. It is sad and pathetic
when you think about it.

http://www.amazon.com/Counter-revolution-Science-F-Hayek/dp/0913966665/
http://www.amazon.com/Fatal-Conceit-Errors-Socialism-Collected/dp/0226320669/

Isn't it ironic, then, that the only way to really properly run a society
is for every individual to have Free Will, and the Liberty to exercise it.
Now, before you say, "As long as you don't violate anyone else's rights";
that's true, it's bad to violate anyone's rights, but a healthy Will never
even _wants_ to deny anyone else their rights - if the two disagree, they
simply go their separate ways.

But the churches have been denying Free Will since the beginning of time,
because they're all devil worshipers. >:->

Cheers!
Rich

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