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From: dubois@uwmacc.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: Re: Roadblocks
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Date: Fri, 13-Jul-84 11:03:19 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul 13 11:03:19 1984
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>[George Entenman]
> In a recent article, Stephen C. Woods (scw@cepu.UUCP) applauds the
> ACLU for winning a restraining order against roadblocks for drunks
> in Seattle.  He signs off with the comment:
> 
	> Note that I am probably one of the more conservative
	> netlanders, BUT I am a firm beliver in
	> gad-flys to keep government on the straight and
	> narrow.  [my emphasis]
> 
> The term 'conservative' used to mean someone who wished to restrain
> the powers of government.  Woods' use of the word 'BUT' shows how
> far the term 'conservative' has drifted from its original meaning.
> As the actions of so-called conservatives in government (e.g., our
> president) show, conservatives now LOVE powerful, intrusive
> governments.

I recommend George F. Will's recent book "Statecraft as Soulcraft"
for a good discussion on the meaning of conservatism.
-- 

Paul DuBois		{allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist...
						Colossians 1:17