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I was never a Marine, I was in an Army intelligence unit. My military bona fides were to show that I love freedom, and make it my business to protect it.

Population control is a complicated subject, way off topic here. The Chinese have made some tough choices, I've not studied the issue in depth. My hopes for most of the world would be that education and availability of birth control would go a very long way. Community health agencies need to help out here, and have classes, counseling, etc.

Folks on your side who advocate the global gag rule, and a Pope who says wearing a condom is a sin, are not helping things at all. But I don't think letting the children starve is the answer, except in a Libertarian utopia, which I don't support, either. I'm a classic liberal, with emphasis on civil liberties.

I have to go take a final exam at a Community College. I have a B.S., but I continue to learn. You should try some additional formal education, I've found it to be a lifelong joy.

-Chuck, Vegetarian fanboy [/quot




Your use of the term, 'folks on you side' is completely inaccurate. I am as Far from a right wing lunatic as you can find. I think my principles are much more in line with libertarianism, or slightly right of center. I oppose censorship, think obscenity laws are ridiculous(but for now they are the law of the land), i think education is a fundamental right, and i believe in the rights to life liberty and the persuit of happiness. And just becasue somebody elses right to persue happiness pisses me off it doesnt dimish those rights of that individual. I thinks sex education and the governmets providing birth control is a good thing, i just dont think it should be MANDATORY as suggested by others.(and by withholding any aide to a country unless they control their population, you in effect make it mandatory) (kind of like that gag rule you talk about)

I think if you reread my posts very carefully you will see that i am not a right winger. Actually, what in any of my posts do you consider extreme right wing?


And my argument was never that Max's material SHOULD be illegal, I just pointed out that , as the laws are written, 12 average people found Max guilty of the law. I am all FOR changing those laws and I will use my power at the ballot box to do my part to change them. I think I have always maintained a consistant argument, wihtout resorting (too much) to the 'mostly' childish responses here.


p.s. And to try do discredit someon by applying the right wing label to them, well youre doing exactly what they do.Its a facist technique.(not that youre a facist, youre jusing one of the plays form their playbook, wheter you know it or not)