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To: SheLion
I am ashamed that you are a Conservative.

You needn't give that another thought. The poster is a poser.

68 posted on 10/02/2002 11:26:21 AM PDT by Protagoras
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To: ThomasJefferson
The poster is a poser.

I beg to differ with you, I have been a conservative since I was a kid in high school in the 1970's, when it was distinctly un-cool. You may not like my brand of conservatism, but that does not make me a poser.

Why is a concern for health and safety incompatible with conservatism? The Republicans do not stand for allowing people to sell adulterated food or marijuana; how does this differ from tobacco? Saying 'because it's legal' is begging the question. I say it shouldn't be legal, except in one's own home, for the very same reasons that almost all conservatives believe that other drugs should be regulated.

If you deny the power of government to regulate health and safety issues in places of public accommodation, then you left the Republican party about eighty years ago and are now in the province of radical Libertarians.

-ccm

120 posted on 10/02/2002 1:34:06 PM PDT by ccmay
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