tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342454496014200176.post4295400135943288894..comments2023-05-05T06:38:34.592-04:00Comments on IMHO: Orwellian Language Part Two: FreedomNiceguy Eddiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03896896323840121445noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342454496014200176.post-53922284749053600532009-12-18T19:08:57.364-05:002009-12-18T19:08:57.364-05:00JSN ,
1) My next "Orwell" piece will be...JSN ,<br /><br />1) My next "Orwell" piece will be on moral relativism. That one will address some of what you're talking about here I hope. I also did one awhile back called the "Doctrine of Choice." It's how I believe the laws of ALL societies should be structured. Please check it out and let me know what you think.<br /><br />2) I'd be willing to bet that you could never get me to endorse ANY political party for any significant length of time. And seriously... What's the point of being a Republican if I don't support any of their elected members? YOu can't "vote the ideology" if the guy you're voting for doesn't represent it! Besides: I'm not REALLY a democrat either. The Dem's just happen to be more closely aligned with the way I believe things ought to be. But they have plenty of problems of their own. I'm not really even a LIBERAL, in the sense that I don't feel the way I do about things because of a LIBERAL ideology. I decide for myself what I believe, based on the principles that I hold. (See my "36 Principles.") It just happens that more often than not I agree with the liberals, or more strongly disagree with the conservatives. (I rarely agree with anyone 100%, but the conservatives just ain't right in the head - see my "What's wrong with conservtaives" piece, LOL) But I certainly don't buy into the entire liberal philosophy hook, line & sinker. If you don't believe me read my entry on "10 Liberals I don't like." And just the other day, I had to really go after a Liberal on MMFA who was arguing for a $10 per gallon federal gas tax to address GW. Hey - I'm all for dealing with GW, but that proposal's just insane. Period. <br /><br />Neither Liberalism nor Conservatism in and of itself is a virtue. IMHO one's just better than the other. Neither is perfect.<br /><br />BTW... This may surprise you, but: I AM a registered Republican. Thing is, I've voted Dem 100% after 1996. Both the party and myself have changed a LOT since then, but since I don't need to register DEM to vote in the DEM primary here in Michigan, I've never seen any point in changing it.<br /><br />3) Not sure how you reach that conclusion. It may be true from a certain POV, but I'm not seeing it myself. What's more, I think my point would have been clear that I DON'T think the states should have more power. I believe that they waste it, and use it to pass stupid, intrusive, unecessary laws. (And routinely violate my doctrine of choice!) So I'll vote democrat at the federal level (to reduce their power) and democrat at the local level, since it's conservtaives, as opposed to liberls, who insist on interfering with people's lives on a stupid, petty, personally intrusive way at that level.<br /><br />Thanks for your comments though. I do hope that you come back and leave more. It's good to have a reader who thinks he can change my POV. And who knows? Maybe you will! (I doubt it, but anything's possible!) LOLNiceguy Eddiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03896896323840121445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342454496014200176.post-59870123162338818592009-12-18T09:28:53.860-05:002009-12-18T09:28:53.860-05:001. The Marquis de Condorcet, salon-thrower and fri...1. The Marquis de Condorcet, salon-thrower and friend of Thomas Jefferson's, Girondist, and re-discoverer of the mathematics of voting, also believed that the laws should be completely uniform. While we all agree that murder should be illegal, we don't all agree on a lot of the smaller stuff, and gambling is the most widely ranging example. Some states outlaw it, some states allow it. Nevada alone, I think, allows prostitution. I think it is fair to think that some issues are simple and universal, while some may take a long time before everyone agrees what the best solution is.<br /><br />2. I bet I can turn you into a Republican. Not a Republican who supports _any_ actual Republican elected official, but a Republican, none-the-less.<br /><br />3. By the way, there is a clash between the State's-Rights conservatives and the Libertarians, no? If you want the States to have more power, you should vote Democrat at the State level and Republican at the Federal. Otherwise you are voting for libertarian anarchy.JoshSNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034864979736555692noreply@blogger.com