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Hear me roar.

PS: I mean these words in their actual defined meanings, not the laymen's terms they've come to me. I'm only a couple steps away from an anarchist in terms of social control and I believe in a free market system tempered by a highly educated and informed consumer. I also believe that laws, whether you agree with them or not, are to be followed. If you honestly disagree with them, work within the system to change them. Only in extreme situations do I abandon my legalist philosophy for such viewpoints as Martin Luther King Jr.'s passive resistance, Mahatmah Gandhi's ahimsa philosophy, or various other means of non-violently breaking unjust laws.

I believe in the importance of unions but object to government intervention in the favor of either side.

Perfectly work capable people, IMO, deserve no free-handouts. I think tax incentives or other types of encouragement to businesses that hire the long unemployed are better and that we should start public works programs back up where the government hires unemployed people to do various jobs for them at a decent, but still invisible hand tempered, wage.

I think the government should control the military, roads, moderate public transportation, and little else unless it becomes absolutely necessary.

The disabled, the elderly, and the desperately sick, of course, will have access to social security in its original intent: a safety net. They will be encouraged to save up for their retirement on their own.

So, what're you? What are your beliefs?

I'm an extremely liberatarian, mildly conservative legalist


So... What are your turn-ons?

So... What are your turn-ons?

Vanilla bean ice cream and long legs, especially together.

So, what're you? What are your beliefs?

Well, you asked:

I'm politcally one of the oddest people I know. About a week ago, I hadn't really thought of it much, but I considered myself a far left liberal.

Now, I think I'd call myself an economically liberal libertarian.


I believe in most cases, government doesn't belong in our personal lives.

I also believe, though, that everybody should get basic healthcare, education, and protection, provided by the government.

I've never heard of a libertarian legalist.

Vanilla bean ice cream and long legs, especially together.

Oh... well I guess that I too am an extremely libertarian, mildly conservative legalist.

Hey Chaos, we actually are pretty close in terms of politics and such...

I've never heard of a libertarian legalist.

You're probably thrown off by the bad rep legalism has from the few times it has been absolutely enstated.

Basically, it's more of an enforced social stigma than anything else: you follow the law. There simply is no other rational choice. Everyone in the world might consider themselves legalists, but, in a pinch, most people aren't.

Hey Chaos, we actually are pretty close in terms of politics and such...

I don't doubt it.

However, I am also an atheist who is quite convinced that the world would be a much better place if religion were ordained into the list of mental sicknesses and its adherents institutionalized. Of course, I would never actually do such a thing, it runs contrary to every other ideal I hold, but...

*Shrug*

I'm an extremely liberatarian, mildly conservative legalist

Umm, that whole sentence is an oxymoron..lol :headbang:

Hear me roar.

PS: I mean these words in their actual defined meanings, not the laymen's terms they've come to me. I'm only a couple steps away from an anarchist in terms of social control and I believe in a free market system tempered by a highly educated and informed consumer. I also believe that laws, whether you agree with them or not, are to be followed. If you honestly disagree with them, work within the system to change them. Only in extreme situations do I abandon my legalist philosophy for such viewpoints as Martin Luther King Jr.'s passive resistance, Mahatmah Gandhi's ahimsa philosophy, or various other means of non-violently breaking unjust laws.

I believe in the importance of unions but object to government intervention in the favor of either side.

Perfectly work capable people, IMO, deserve no free-handouts. I think tax incentives or other types of encouragement to businesses that hire the long unemployed are better and that we should start public works programs back up where the government hires unemployed people to do various jobs for them at a decent, but still invisible hand tempered, wage.

I think the government should control the military, roads, moderate public transportation, and little else unless it becomes absolutely necessary.

The disabled, the elderly, and the desperately sick, of course, will have access to social security in its original intent: a safety net. They will be encouraged to save up for their retirement on their own.

So, what're you? What are your beliefs?

One gold star for your forehead.

When you learn labels are crap, you can have another.

When you learn government does lots of good things and the poor dont deserve to be poor, you can have another.

Umm, that whole sentence is an oxymoron..lol :headbang:
in what way?

One gold star for your forehead.

But I thought you didn't believe in grades!

When you learn labels are crap, you can have another.

Labels enhance organization. Yes, I differ from my basic ideology in certain situations, but those tend to be extreme ones.

When you learn government does lots of good things

Government is only as good as those who run it and, currently, it's run by greedy, selfish career politicians who couldn't give a rats ass about anything but getting elected again. Until we become a full-fledged confederate democracy (another positition that has been unfairly slandered over the years because the nation that tried at had other policies that sucked), I don't trust Government anywhere near as far as I can throw it.

and the poor dont deserve to be poor, you can have another.

Of course, no one deserves to be poor. However, no one deserves a free hand-out, either. The problem is that not everyone can find jobs, so I figure the government should do all it can to provide the jobs.

And, of course, those who are unable to work will be made as comfortable as possible through tax breaks, welfare, and health care.