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From: barry@ames-lm.UUCP (Kenn Barry)
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Subject: Re: Re: Whither Are We Drifting? - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 27-Jun-84 03:33:46 EDT
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[Honor this line - it had to fight to get here!]

> The Libertarians looked like a good alternative, until I probed
> their thinking more deeply and discovered that the official party is
> (in my estimation, anyway) ideologically purist to the point of
> begin downright silly.

	This is a characteristic of all small splinter parties. As long
as they remain small, their membership will tend to be made up of very
ideologically pure people. If their general position should catch on,
however, there will inevitably be a broader spectrum of opinion within
the party, and the purists will be outvoted.
	I also find much to admire in *some* Libertarian positions, and
I wouldn't mind seeing them catch on if watered down a bit.

                                                Kenn Barry
                                                NASA-Ames Research Center
                                                Moffett Field, CA
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