Ron Paul - Wait, what?

[Rath]

mrstickball said:

Rath said:
Ron Paul is self consistent (more than you can say for most politicians) but his political views are very different to mine and occasionally are reprehensible to me. Also I doubt he has the ability to compromise required from a president.


Also can anybody explain to me how a libertarian can be essentially in favour of banning abortions? (which he would do through allowing states to ban it) The woman's right to her own body seems like such a libertarian ideal.

It all depends on one's understanding of life.

A Libertarian believes that any intrusion against a person's body, property or possession is wrong, and government must ensure that such intrusion is not allowed by another party.

Therefore, if a libertarian believes that a fetus is a human being, living inside another human being, then it has rights as well, and that the termination of such life is as wrong as if someone terminated the mother, or a child having been born of the mother.

You can read up on the viewpoint at: http://www.l4l.org/

I find it inconsistent that a libertarian would force their personal (or religious) view of when life begins upon another person, because that is all the view of when life begins is.

 

Edit: And as much as I'd like to argue about global warming (which is certainly happening - that much is observed - and I think based on the evidence is highly likely to be anthropogenic) this thread seems to be getting very sidetracked away from the OP. Maybe a new thread is in order?