luke warm, on Mar 2 2007, 08:18 PM, said:
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It is interesting to me that we both are of the approximate same age, thus both of us are products of the 1960s and 1970s, yet I emerged from those times with an absolute distrust of government and its power; time has done nothing to dissuade me from those beliefs.
that sounds almost conservative, winston... how do you stand on the 2nd ammendment? iow, just how much do you mistrust gov't? as much as jefferson did? or madison?
My views on the second amendment are simple....there is nowhere in the wording that says "unless". However, it does state plainly "shall not be infringed."
Seems prettty clear-cut to me.
I don't consider myself either liberal or conservative - but I do side with the concept that government should be limited and personal freedoms cherished, but I realize that there are areas where a strong govenrment is necessay and areas where a limited government is better suited.
I like to think of myself as a realist, although I recognize we are all biased in one way or another, which is why I try to listen to opposing viewpoints and assess their weight - I might actually learn something.
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