Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site denelcor.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!denelcor!neal From: neal@denelcor.UUCP (Neal Weidenhofer) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Liberals vs. Conservatives Message-ID: <198@denelcor.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-Nov-83 15:02:54 EST Article-I.D.: denelcor.198 Posted: Mon Nov 7 15:02:54 1983 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Nov-83 00:23:32 EST References: <2031@utah-cs.UUCP> Organization: Denelcor, Aurora, CO Lines: 22 >My personal inclination is to view conservatism as resistance to new >things and reluctance to change, which is (literally!) subhuman behavior. Oh come on now! If the comparison is between reluctance to change vs. eagerness to change--without evaluating the particular change in question--then it seems obvious that the conservative has it all over the liberal. If a particular solution to a problem has worked in the past, the it has a better chance of working in the future than one that's never been tried. If you imply that only liberals are willing and/or able to evaluate any given change, then that's a degree of chauvinism that you need to mention and preferably defend. Incidentally, I do align with the liberals on most issues. It's just that I am also aware of a need not to throw out several thousand years of accumulated experience every time an opportunity to change comes up. Regards, Neal Weidenhofer Denelcor, Inc. !denelcor!neal