From: Michael S. Lorrey (mike@lorrey.com)
Date: Fri Aug 20 1999 - 21:52:37 MDT
Damien Broderick wrote:
>
> At 03:25 PM 20/07/99 +1000, Patrick wrote in response to the irrepressible
> Emlyn's:
>
> >>That commie, pinko Australian Liberal Party... socialist scum.
> >
> >Do you really think Australia has a socialist government? The liberal party
> >is our equivalent to the Republican party
>
> That commie, pinko American Republican party... socialist scum.
>
> Damien Broderick (who rather likes the Australian landscape the way it is, btw)
The idea of the Republicans being equated to a (or any) Liberal Party is
rather humorous. Being a libertarian, I consider anyone more
pro-government than I to be a socialist, in general, or merely specific
to particular issues, but socialist all the same.
Saying that society has a right to regulate what happens in your bedroom
is just as socialist as saying society has a right to decide how to
spend your money.
Mike Lorrey
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