Mr. Robinson has no reason to be bound (or even interested) by my definition of conservatism, but we are going to have flamewars and mutual insult threads until there is some working definition, stated in terms of the post 9-11 situation, to serve as a guideline. The flames and insults come about because we have totally irreconcilable views on matters of basic principle here, all claiming to be true conservatism.
Some of these differences weren't so much to the fore before 9-11 -- the issues were different. Except for the Allen Keyes, theology and libertarian threads much of the flaming and insults I see are on threads to do with terrorism and Israel. That's where 9-11 has brought to the surface a difference in principle that wasn't so obvious during the Clinton era. For example, we have had numerous posters compare Palestinian suicide bombers to the Founding Fathers. I don't think there is any way to argue constructively over the gap that opens up.