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The town where I lived is profoundly liberal (they managed to ban M.Savage's program, by the way
Originally posted by Sriraj Rajaram:
As for libertarians.. you dont really hear much of them do you? Enough said about them then..
A Look at Conservatism
Lets not get misled by dictionary meanings, for political agendas always pose many hidden surprises behind the curtain of words.
3. Conservativsm advocates strong and fascist like loyalty to community/ country.
The real meaning of Liberalism:
In the case of Liberalism, the dictionary meaning comes close but not quite close. Much of the above definition would be accurate with the addition of those listed below. (I am unable to verify if Liberalism is really a part of modern Protestantism so if someone wants to comment on this aspect please do!)
3. Conservative law is likely to be drawn from society's traditions, which in turn is likely to be linked to religion. Liberalism believes in establishing laws on ethically acceptable practises rather than basing them around traditions.
Finally, Liberalism is the only ideology I have come across that has allowed its own name to turn against itself.
When did liberal become a dirty word? Isnt a democracy liberal?
I dislike the way Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and gang keep blaming the liberals for every woe in America. Someone forgot to tell them that they can do that because of the "liberal freedom" of speech.
Ok! So do we swing totally opposite and build a liberal America? Do we experience another 9/11? No! But lets admit that if the 9/11 hijackers were liberal muslims they wouldnt have comitted the heinous act in the first place. The very fact that they were extremely conservative muslims with a strong commitment to preserve their traditions and way of life motivated them.
Now when it needs a voice to counter the innumerable Limbaugh's, Oreilly's and Hannity's it cant find one!
Ok I have written enough, now time for you people to sling the dung or fling the garlands!
[ April 19, 2003: Message edited by: Sriraj Rajaram ]
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
"Your highest moral purpose is the achievement of your own happiness". -- Ayn Rand
Just got Ayn Rand's book. I am impressed...
To young scientists.
These remarks were delivered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in March 1962. They were addressed to "the students who are to be America's future scientists."
"... Your mind is to be the tool and servant of their whims. You are to create the H-bomb - but a blustering Russian anthropoid will decide when he feels like dropping it and on whom."
I am confused here, why the H-bomb created by former MTI students will be dropped by a blustering Russian anthropoid? I would think that a blustering American anthropoid would decide when he feels like dropping it and on whom? And then, a blustering American anthropoid already has some experience with dropping nuclear bombs, which cannot be said about his Russian counterpart...
"It is thus that the world reached the nightmare spectacle which surpasses any horror story of science fiction: two Soviet capsules circling in "outer space", as the alleged triumph of an advanced science - while here on earth, a young boy lies bleeding to death and screaming for help, at the foot of the wall in East Berlin, shot for attempting to escape and left there by the prehistorical monsters from twenty thousand centuries deep: the Soviet rulers."
That's I suppose is written about the first cosmonaut was send in space. Is this what Ayn Rand consider "the nightmare spectacle which surpasses any horror story of science fiction"? The book is called "The Voice of Reason", of course, no less...
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
This reminds me that in XIX century they believed that college education would be a danger for woman's health. It would place such an enormous intellectual burden, so women would simply pass out.So no rational woman would ever want to get education, I suppose...
Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
[b]Ayn Rand is as much capable of detaching herself from reality
"Thanks to Indian media who has over the period of time swiped out intellectual taste from mass Indian population." - Chetan Parekh
Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
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This reminds me that in XIX century they believed that college education would be a danger for woman's health. It would place such an enormous intellectual burden, so women would simply pass out.
I'll try to read "capitalism", but frankly, I am not a big fan of "speculation" genre. Clifford Simak is more entertaining, and for any other purpose I would prefer to read serious economists or sociologists, and Ayn Rand is neither, if I am not mistaken?
"Cuban Missile Crisis" got some investigation in this thread.
[ April 21, 2003: Message edited by: Mapraputa Is ]
Originally posted by Ravish Kumar:
Sorry for interuption...
Thats what I feel, some where Ayn is living in her virtual word.
Her heros are if not impractical then not practical.
Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
I am not sure, but aren't here restrictions on "hate speech"? "left saying one thing but doing another" -- no ideology can be all-encompassing, not even liberalism. Liberals support tolerance, so it is sensible that the only thing they try to prohibit is intolerance. There was a conservative magazine that could be find all over the campus in Eugene, nobody prohibited it...
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
"KUGN, the "Voice of the Ducks," will drop bombastic talk show host Michael Savage starting today.
SAVAGE IS OFF THE AIR IN EUGENE: This is part of how it was done.
Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
Also: SAVAGE IS OFF THE AIR IN EUGENE: This is part of how it was done.
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Originally posted by Jason Menard:
As seems typical with many on the left, the only freedom of speech they are for is that which supports their on views.
http://www.uoregon.edu/~assembly/UA0203-1.html
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
Herb: The most interesting thing is that the liberal Left is co-ordinating and organizing targeted attacks against those who do not share its views. It brands them as "haters" and then targets the radio station sponsers with threatened/actual boycotts. So much for their "tolerance" and promotion of "diversity".
1. "Even without Savage, KUGN will continue to tilt to the right with a program lineup that features Bill O'Reilly and Michael Medved."
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2002/12/18/1a.kugn.1218.html
-- so much for their "tolerance" and promotion of "diversity", really :roll: Do you pay attentions only to the facts that support your POV?
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
It's not a group.
There is probably misunderstanding here. I was thinking about the whole community of listeners:
There is not enough information on the page to make any conclusion about this guy's "whole goal in life".
Herb, may I ask what would you do if there was a fascist talk-show on the radio that would blame Jews and bicyclists for all world's woes? And if it was very popular in your country?![]()
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