home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.misc
- Path: sparky!uunet!noc.near.net!news.cs.brandeis.edu!binah.cc.brandeis.edu!TABRON1
- From: tabron1@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
- Subject: Re: SF fans show libertarian inclination
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.215056.18040@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
- Sender: news@news.cs.brandeis.edu (USENET News System)
- Reply-To: tabron1@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
- Organization: Brandeis University
- References: <725750803snz@keris.demon.co.uk>,<1i9mnnINNgvn@transfer.stratus.com>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:50:56 GMT
- Lines: 37
-
- In article <1i9mnnINNgvn@transfer.stratus.com>, jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Jim Mann) writes:
- >In article <725750803snz@keris.demon.co.uk> chris@keris.demon.co.uk
- >(Chris Croughton) writes:
- >> For a start, any Heinlein fan (i.e. one who *agrees* with him) is
- >going
- >> to have a lot in common with libertarians. Ditto anyone who agrees
- >with
- >> Leslie Fish (well, she's nearer anarchist, but it's similar).
- >
- >I disagree. I'm a Heinlein fan in the sense that I like a lot
- >of what he has written. That doesn't mean I agree with him.
- >
- >
- I have to agree here. I like almost everything that Heinlein has
- written, but I'm not a libertarian. I find it difficult to believe that
- one could read most of his books and still feel that he was a libertarian.
- I don't think the supposed "Heinlein" who wrote books like Starship
- Troopers or Time Enough for Love could be considered a libertarian.
-
- >But of course live and let live is not all there is to
- >libertarianism. If that's all it was, a lot more of us would
- >probably fall into the category. Too much of libertarianism
- >is also "if they can't work, let them starve, but don't make
- >me spend my tax money on them."
- >
- This is probably not always true (is anything _always_ true?) but
- I must say that most of the libertarians I have interacted with on the
- net have fallen into this category, and it disturbs me. The libertarians
- I have known _were_ rich, gun-loving, don't-tax-me sorts.
- >--
- >Jim Mann
- >Stratus Computer jmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com
- >
-
- Judith Tabron
- Brandeis University
- tabron@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
-