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To: Roscoe
Wow! You are showing your funamental ignorance. Did your nurse ever get you ice cream?

lib·er·tar·i·an (lbr-târ-n) n.
1. One who advocates maximizing individual rights and minimizing the role of the state.
2. One who believes in free will.

893 posted on 12/31/2001 9:46:12 AM PST by Demidog
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To: Demidog
libertarian

1 : an advocate of the doctrine of free will

2 a : a person who upholds the principles of absolute and unrestricted liberty especially of thought and action b capitalized : a member of a political party advocating libertarian principles

Merriam-Webster, http://www.m-w.com

Jefferson and the other members of the committee that wrote the Declaration of Independence weren't Libertarians, or even libertarians, your nameless "dictionary" notwithstanding.

906 posted on 12/31/2001 5:23:26 PM PST by Roscoe
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