[jeremy] ... fans ... From the conclusions: Libertarianism -- Again as hypothesized, SF consumers were more socially libertarian, although they were not more...
Chuck Kincy
ckincy@...
Mar 1, 2001 8:19 am
2001
... ___ I can't imagine Libs would get much out of Star Trek. Think about what the Libs' reaction would be to the end of Star Trek II. Spock is dying because, ...
jeremy riddle
jeremyr@...
Mar 1, 2001 8:44 am
2002
... what the ... because, ... radiation, ... outweigh ... rather ... As it relates to the issues at hand, the thing that always struck me about Star Trek was...
Ronald W. Garrison
RGarrison1@...
Mar 1, 2001 2:27 pm
2003
About a third of the way through the paper cited, there was this statement that I found interesting: Two things predict ideological consistency: higher...
Ronald W. Garrison
RGarrison1@...
Mar 1, 2001 3:24 pm
2004
I went to a Sci-Fi con and had an OPH booth. What we found were about 50% Libertarian, 30% Liberal, 15% Centrist or Authoritarian, and 5% Conservative. ... ...
Kyle Varner
pyramous@...
Mar 1, 2001 4:02 pm
2005
Yeah, but there are other VERY Libertarian Sci-Fi books and films. Take for example, Robert Heinland's books (Does the word TANSTASFL mean anything to you?)....
Kyle Varner
pyramous@...
Mar 1, 2001 5:59 pm
2006
... __ Yeah, and Spock put the whole thing pretty much the same way when he was talking to Kirk. I was thinking more of his rationale that the needs of the ...
jeremy riddle
jeremyr@...
Mar 1, 2001 8:28 pm
2007
You must make a distinction between Libertarian and Anti-Altruistic. I am both. There are many Libertarians who are Altruists. Altruism is a question of...
Kyle Varner
pyramous@...
Mar 1, 2001 8:42 pm
2008
... __ That's Heinlein. <caveat: I am a fan of some of Heinlein's stuff> I've never really understood the Libs attraction to him, though. Some of it is ...
jeremy riddle
jeremyr@...
Mar 1, 2001 9:54 pm
2009
[> = jeremy] ... I've never ... his work is ... mind-numbing ... attracted ... (probably the ... regarding ... ST is probably the second-most misunderstood...
Chuck Kincy
ckincy@...
Mar 1, 2001 10:22 pm
2010
About 4 to 6 weeks ago the Kubbys fled to B.C. after their conviction for drug possession. Now Kubby claims that was just to escape the limelight and ...
lightonliberty@...
Mar 1, 2001 10:38 pm
2011
[lightonliberty] ... are just ... to avoid ... I'm not going to be as hard on Kubby, except to say that he's a complete idiot. However, an unjust law is an...
Chuck Kincy
ckincy@...
Mar 2, 2001 12:00 am
2012
Some people think Star Trek is Fascist/Socialist (yes, you silly liberals, these two movements ARE the same, even if both of them wholeheartedly deny it and...
Kenneth Blofsky
kenneth.blofsky@...
Mar 2, 2001 12:16 am
2013
... __ You can't help but pick up a whif of that from reading it--if, for no other reason, than because the entire world it envisions is ludicrous--but what ...
jeremy riddle
jeremyr@...
Mar 2, 2001 12:35 am
2014
... ___ And that Steve Kubby is being royally fucked over is not something that can be seriously questioned. To call submitting to this a matter of personal ...
jeremy riddle
jeremyr@...
Mar 2, 2001 1:01 am
2015
I think it depends on the author, and the show. Startreck fans are
definately liberals.
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Jennifer L. Brice
j_brice@...
Mar 2, 2001 1:07 am
2016
Regards the support of the prospect that Kubby may flee the country. I believe that Libertarians are so defective that they are “subhuman” and not due the...
lightonliberty@...
Mar 2, 2001 6:28 am
2017
Personal Responsability means doing the right thing. It means paying your debts. It means that, should you get high and run down someone's fence in your car,...
Kyle Varner
pyramous@...
Mar 2, 2001 6:53 am
2018
... ___ So disembowling a fellow human being is the same as jaywalking? Or having the wrong political opinions? That's the kind of ridiculous reductionist...
jeremy riddle
jeremyr@...
Mar 2, 2001 6:57 am
2019
... __ In that situation, I would say it includes not getting fucked up and trying to drive in the first place. __ ... ___ It is, if it is unqualified...
jeremy riddle
jeremyr@...
Mar 2, 2001 7:17 am
2020
... laughable ... "Personal ... actions. If a ... think is ... matter of ... to ... breaking ... guilty ... jail him ... law. ... Ghandi had ... have. ... For...
Ronald W. Garrison
RGarrison1@...
Mar 2, 2001 2:43 pm
2021
... ___ The defense of necessity isn't really what's called for in the Kubby case (though it may be appropriate and might even work). You have to examine the...
jeremy riddle
jeremyr@...
Mar 2, 2001 8:19 pm
2022
I don't think that Steve will leave the country <G> :) ... _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN...
Kyle Varner
pyramous@...
Mar 2, 2001 9:23 pm
2023
That's....strange. Maybe they don't want another Steve McReynolds. /cpk ... From: "Kyle Varner" <pyramous@...> To: <ex-libertarian@yahoogroups.com> ...
Chuck Kincy
ckincy@...
Mar 2, 2001 9:32 pm
2024
All that Star Trek talk got me looking at the show again. I came across this tonight (not really related to Libertarianism, but amusing anyway) Your Starship...
jeremy riddle
jeremyr@...
Mar 4, 2001 7:18 am
2025
A while ago, someone gave a link to an essay written in the early 20th century, on the relationship of Marxism to Darwinism. WRT social darwinism, there was a...
Ronald W. Garrison
RGarrison1@...
Mar 5, 2001 4:09 pm
2026
... ___ The social Darwinists were creating a pseudo-scientific rationale for the worst elements of capitalism. Any government intervention in the economy,...
jeremyr@...
Mar 5, 2001 5:33 pm
2027
... (from Ron's post--) ... Not sure what you mean by "you missed something"--remember, I didn't write this, I merely quoted it from a larger paper. ... In the...
Ronald W. Garrison
RGarrison1@...
Mar 5, 2001 8:38 pm
2028
... ___ Apparently, I forgot it at some point when I was writing that! Shoot me. ... ___ And the author is being overly kind. The SDs didn't come out against ...
jeremy riddle
jeremyr@...
Mar 6, 2001 8:45 pm
2029
Well, it's what people are talking about this week, but, as usual, there's a critical element of the school shooting this week that's being almost wholly...