Re: Political views?

From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Mon Jun 18 2001 - 16:21:53 MDT


Joe Dees wrote:

> >Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 15:04:28 -0500
> >To: extropians@extropy.org
> >From: Chuck Kuecker <ckuecker@mcs.net>
> >SUBJECTReply-To: extropians@extropy.org
> >
> Fiscal conservative (the gov't should pay down the debt before cutting taxes, just like individuals have to pay their credit card bills prior to buying or doing that next cool thing), social liberal (green, feminist egalitarian, pro nonwhite and gay equ
al rights, believer in personal choice on ingestion issues), believe that opportunities should only be limited by ability, that all people should enjoy all freedoms that do not interfere with the freedoms of others, and where they do, the conflict should
be resolved by equal and proportional compromise, and that rights and responsibilities are correlative, and that the freedom to enjoy our rights demands the correlative obligation to observe our responsibilities, to ourselves, our fellow humans, and the c
ommon home we share.

Except, of course, if they are a minor, have used an excessive amount of mental health services, have been previously persecuted or prosecuted by the government (usually for being black on a sunny day), or hold political opinions that Mr. Dees considers t
o be radical.



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