[Sam Cree]

"we are a united people pledged to maintaining a political system which guarantees individual liberty" Ronald Reagan, 1981

As the artlicle states, individual liberty is the basis of "libertarian" philosophy. It's also the basis of our country.

However, these people who call themselves "(L)libertarains" and who blame us for 9/11 really anger me.

[hscott]

When I became a libertarian about 20 years ago, one of the basic principles was that legitimate functions of government include courts and the legal system and national defense. That's why I was stunned when libertarians attacked the US after 9/11. They sounded exactly like leftwingers. Some other libertarians agreed with me but most stuck with their non-intervention policy. I realized that, for libertarians, the appeal of this philosophy was greater than the appeal of the USA. I didn't feel that way but I hadn't really realized it until 9/11. So now I guess I am a conservative although I think is is better to avoid these dumb labels and just debate the issues.

[Reagan Man]

>>>As the artlicle states, individual liberty is the basis of "libertarian" philosophy. It's also the basis of our country.

While individual liberty is the basis for America and the conservative philosophy, its quite different for the libertarian philosophy. A libertarian is someone who upholds the principles of absolute and unrestricted liberty. That's a formula for chaos and anarchy.