Starchild wrote:
SC) Rather than demanding people publicly share views for which they are likely to be unfairly demonized (SC
Ah, so we should "water down" the presentation of our views, making it "lite" instead. Gotcha. 48 hours earlier, you told me that "lite" is fair word to apply to reformers because "so much of the sentiment toward 'reform' seems to be motivated by a desire not to alienate members of the public."
SC)) a more decent way under the circumstances of getting information relevant to your decision as a delegate would be to ask, "What would you say if a reporter asked you ______ during the campaign?" By the way, "pimp" is a derogatory term and "pornographer" is barely better. More neutral terms would be fairer (SC
Reporters don't use terms like "pimp" and "pornographer"? Let s know when you make up your mind about what questions delegates may ask our candidates, and whether the LP should downplay views which might make us unpopular. I defended you this week as a genuine radical who believes in holding high the banner of our radical principles, but now I'm not so sure...
Just in case Dr. Ruwart agrees with you about what questions from delegates are fair or unfair, I will prepend your magic words to each of my four remaining questions to her:
- What would you say if during the campaign a reporter asked you: How soon, in a specific number of days or decades, should the United States allow personal secession, whereby an individual can declare himself exempt from all the government's laws (while still being subject to private prosecution for violations of natural law)?
- What would you say if during the campaign a reporter asked you: Should the criminally accused have the Sixth Amendment right to subpoena innocent witnesses, and if not, specifically how soon should that part of the Sixth Amendment be repealed?
- What would you say if during the campaign a reporter asked you: In your ideal anarcholibertarian legal system, who would prosecute parents/guardians for aggression against their children?
- What would you say if during the campaign a reporter asked you: Do you agree with Rothbard that it should not be a crime for parents to starve their children, or do you hold that the legal system should require a positive obligation of parents not to starve their children?
