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Marcy,

  For the record, I was not asking for an abortion debate. I'm actually
somewhere in the middle on the issue myself. If you don't understand
why I asked the question, then you evidently don't get my point about
why libertarians can have honest disagreements about issues like animal
rights and abortion any more than Rob did. I think that understanding
that point can only lead to less acrimonious debates.

  I have also often stated I'd like to see us focus more on activism and
less on the minutiae of libertarian theory. I'd personally rather we
had a weekly precinct walk than a weekly chat, for instance, but that
does not seem to be the group preference.

Yours in liberty,
            <<< Starchild >>>

Dear Rob,

Thank you for refusing to *debate* the abortion issue. Opening one
more can
of worms does not seem to me to do the LPSF much good (the veggy
*debate*
was strange enough... with bona fide lovers of liberty wanting the
government to step in and save the day!). Thank you also for your
brave
words: " less time... debating the minutiae of libertarian theory...
and
would prefer to just try to accomplish the few things all of us
libertarians
can agree on (e.g., going after the IRS and DEA)." Please allow me to
join
you in the effort.

Marcy

From: "Rob Power" <robpower@robpower.com>
Reply-To: lpsf-discuss@yahoogroups.com
To: <lpsf-discuss@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: RE: [lpsf-discuss] Re: Busy Mail Servers
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 01:26:52 -0800

Starchild, quite possibly the best thing about no longer being an
officer
is
that I get to say this in response to your request.

"I don't have to."

After trying to make the case (widely held by libertarians) that
veganism
at
gunpoint is an unacceptable infringement on privacy and individual
liberty,
with only one brave soul backing me up, and several others outright
questioning my morality, you frankly couldn't pay me a million
dollars to
talk about something as contentious as abortion on this list.

I'm going to be spending my time on more important issues. In the
past
several months, I've become less and less interested in debating the
minutiae of libertarian theory and would instead prefer to just try to
accomplish the few things all of us libertarians can agree on (e.g.,
going
after the IRS and DEA).

I plan to set my lpsf-discuss subscription to "daily digest" mode, so
don't
expect me to respond very quickly to any future messages to this
list. And
if you have a question directly for me (such as Outright, Pride, or
DevCom),
even if you decide to send it to the whole list, make sure to
carbon-copy
my
email address, so I won't lose it in the digest on a busy day.

For those who are interested, this weekend's MECA marriage caravan
from
Sacramento to Redding was incredibly successful. There should be an
article
in Monday's Chronicle. Thanks, Chris, for getting involved in MECA
and
putting me in touch with Molly. I think I've found my new cause. It
sounds
like they're going to have a really cool parade entry in Pride this
year,
so
I'd like to suggest that LPSF/Outright/all other interested
libertarians
volunteer for an Outright/LPSF booth as usual, but not do a separate
parade
entry and instead join MECA for the parade. What does everyone think
about
that?

Rob

From: Starchild [mailto:sfdreamer@earthlink.net]

  This also makes me curious -- how *do* you feel about abortion? Do
you
agree that libertarians can hold good faith beliefs on both sides of
that issue? Or do you believe that there is only one clear libertarian
position on abortion, and that those on the other side are wrongly
trying to "legislate morality?"

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