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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity; randog; Everybody
But several conservatives, young and old, said the greatest division in the movement pitted young traditionalists against their more libertarian peers.

David Weigel, 22, the former editor of a conservative magazine at Northwestern University, a contributor to the libertarian magazine Reason and an intern at the editorial page of USA Today, --- contended that even young conservatives who maintained a strict moral code for themselves were increasingly reluctant to regulate the behavior of others.

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HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity wrote:

Good grief. Is this what has happened to the conservative movement? What a waste of time. What ever happened to cutting taxes and reforming education?

What on earth are these kids studying these days?

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tpaine: Perhaps they are studying the principles of our Republic, -- wherein the Founders contended that while eveyone should maintain a strict moral code for themselves, --- 'We the People' should be very reluctant to allow any level of government to regulate the behavior of others.

26 posted on 07/17/2004 1:48:38 PM PDT by tpaine (No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another. - T. Jefferson)