[r9etb]

Your last three replies to me have relied on ad hominem and strawman "arguments." To suggest that your fallacious arguments are "statements of fact" is preposterous. But long experience has taught me that such nitwittery is par for the course for self-professed libertarians. I don't know what it is about you guys, but it almost never fails.

You're clearly unable to offer anything approaching a rational defense of your position. You're not worth any more of my time.

Have a nice day.

[CanadianLibertarian]

Tut tut...chalk another loss up for conservatism. People like you make ordinary folks like me WANT to work with liberals to exclude you from the public square.

Conservative nuttery is fast becoming the most dangerous threat to worldwide liberty. And I'm not a Rand devotee, merely enjoyed her novels. I'm not *that* kind of libertarian, more of a classical liberal. But I find it interesting her followers nowadays say that Democrat politics are actually less dangerous to liberty than Republican politics.

[mountn man]

And yet I know people who are happy despite lacking one or more of those factors.... And I also know people who have all those things, and yet are unhappy.... Clearly, although one can freely acknowledge them to be good and wonderful things, they obviously do not constitute objective grounds for happiness.

I have a friend who is in her 70's. Works HARD every day. Has to pinch a penny till it screams. When I say works hard, I mean on her hands and knees scrubbing floors, in her 70's. Life hasn't been easy for her, and yet she is one of the MOST encouraging and joyful people I know. Would I call her happy? YES. I know I am, just for knowing her.

I have another friend who sees all of life as half empty. Does he have less in life as others? Maybe yes, maybe no. Alot is his own making. He walks through life as Eeyore or Grumpy the dwarf.

I hardly talk to him anymore, cause EVERY time I talk to him, I feel ALL my energy just being sucked out of me.

We can't always choose the things that befall us. But we can choose our outlook and responses.

My upbeat friend chooses happiness. She chooses to be a blessing to others. She chooses to be thankful in ALL that she has. She chooses not to covet or hate the things others might have.

My other friend sees the things he doesn't have as a reason not to be happy. He complains about ALL the "wrongs" in the world.

My upbeat friend has in the past received anonymous food boxes, because things were that tough at holidays. She'd go through the box and GIVEAWAY something to someone else in need, if she already had it.

One is my happy friend, and gives energy. The other my angry friend, and takes energy.

(see my tagline)