That is what a conservative libertarian would say. ''Protect the liberty of a certain group of people, for example the american people. This is how the greek athenian democracy worked as well. It was a democracy for men. But if we start thinking about liberty to a set of people we end up with the conclusion that everyone is a libertarian (take as a set only yourself ). That would make the use of the word libertarian unnecessary (as we all are libertarians). Since the word is used to differentiate between people, we end up through <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><b style="font-style: italic; ">Reductio ad absurdum </b>that your defintion of libertarian is wrong. </span><div>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">We also end up with the conclusion that you are not a libertarian.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br>
</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">As a personal remark, I would say that such a wrong definition of libertarian was always used as an excuse to diminish the liberties of others.</span></font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">(reading math.. right now)<br>
</span></font><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/10/17 Natalie Golovin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:10natalie@cox.net">10natalie@cox.net</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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<div>Nations still exist. You can be a libertarian with regards to the
rights/responsibilities/privileges/policies of your own citizens wo extending
them to the universal</div></div></div></div>
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Sincerely yours, </pre><pre style="white-space:pre-wrap"> Apostolis Xekoukoulotakis</pre></span><br>
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