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Subject: 
McViegh is no Libertarian
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Sun, 17 Jun 2001 14:24:13 GMT
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Snipping all but one statement away to make a key point.

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher Tracey writes:

<begin quote> (from a mass murderer)

My one main problem with the "veg" movement (besides the fact that I
am libertarian)

Judge outcomes not statements...

This creature is no more libertarian than Scott Arthur is. Maybe he forgot
the pledge he signed about not initiating the use of force? Maybe he didn't
actually sign it and just wants to claim to be something he never joined? Or
maybe he's just nutty about the small stuff as well as the big stuff.

Whichever it is, Timothy McVeigh was no libertarian, you can be sure of that.

++Lar



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: McViegh is no Libertarian
 
(...) that's a good policy.... (...) I'm curious if the "veg" movement and libertarianism are mutually exclusive? I believe you said in a previous thread that you tried to switch your diet once, so I don't think so... just wondering. -chris (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: McViegh is no Libertarian
 
(...) Maybe you should note the lack of capitalization in the word libertarian. As there is wide variety within the LP, there is even wider variety in the stances of those who could reasonably call themselves 'libertarian.' Thomas Jefferson approved (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: McViegh is no Libertarian
 
(...) You assume I am not one? :-) (...) Do not have to sign a pledge to be a libertarian? (...) Can you be sure of that? How so? Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 18-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

Message is in Reply To:
  McViegh, Libertarian, and Vegans (aka What a Party!)
 
The following appears in the July 2001 issue of Harper's Magazine on page 20. It's McViegh's response to a guy from PETA who asked McViegh to make a political statement by having a vegan last meal. I thought it would be interesting to post here in (...) (23 years ago, 17-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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