[Marty62]

Well this shows where the Perry haters stand on life.

I remember probably 10 years ago having a discussion with a Libertarian here at FR.

I asked him/her if they saw a person lying on the street:
1) Would you step over the person and walk on?
2)Would you call for help?

That person said step over and move on.

That attitude in the audience should make Floridians nervous, if O-Care get instituted. Between the Dummies and Libertarians Life doesn’t stand a chance.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: That person said step over and move on.

There are Christian Libertarians and Atheistic Libertarians. I would guess this person you talked to is the latter.

[Blackandproud]

There is a massive distinction between what government should do and what private individuals should do. The crowd was absolutely correct in that the government should not help the individual who made such a choice. What private individuals and charities should or should not do is an entirely different matter.

[numberonepal]

Between the Dummies and Libertarians Life doesn’t stand a chance.

Let me try to get the idea of what the "right to life" really means. I, too, am a libertarian conservative. At the core of any logical and reasoned based philosophy is that life is an a priori right. That means that MY life belongs to ME. Any arguments about that are between me and G_d. For earthly matters, it means I can do with MY life what I please as long as I perpetrate force nor fraud upon another (therin violating their right to life). To be clear this means that no person or government has the right to tell me how I should or should not act in any said situation. Forcing a person at the point of a gun (which is what government boils down to) to give up a portion of their life to do this or that is patently wrong. That means that my time and my money (a representation of my life) are mine to do with as I please. Anything outside of that is theft.

[Publius6961]

remember probably 10 years ago having a discussion with a Libertarian here at FR.
I asked him/her if they saw a person lying on the street:
1) Would you step over the person and walk on?
2)Would you call for help?

A false dichotomy and a stupid question.
Not all persons lying on the street are victims.
I can think of cases when I would choose one or the other without a second thought.

That's where real human beings are at their best. Not with slogans or bleeding hearts, but with rational thinking and a sense of judgement.