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To: HighWheeler
Libertarians: Want Freedom without any Responsibilities.

Many libertarians and libertarian-leaning people believe that the best way to enforce responsibility is to make people bear the costs for their own mistakes. Don't enforce extra penalties for not behaving in 'approved' fashion, but don't try to reduce he naturally-occurring consequences of people's actions either.

3 posted on 05/07/2003 4:21:03 PM PDT by supercat (TAG--you're it!)
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To: supercat
Libertarian do indeed believe that one has to be resposible for their actions. If a person is caught speeding then that individual has to pay whatever fine is imposed on him. If a person drives a car and is caught for D.U.I. that person has to face those consequences. If that person driving D.U.I. has an accident and the person with whom he has that accident dies, that person will be charged with manslaughter and if found guilty by a jury, will have to serve the sentence which is ultimately imposed. To say that libartarians do not believe in consequences for their actions is simply not correct. There is an obvious difference between libertarians and libertines.
22 posted on 05/24/2003 1:19:28 PM PDT by alfons
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