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Message: <blockquote data-quote="henschman" data-source="post: 1513137" data-attributes="member: 4235">I guess I don't quite understand what the OP's complaint is.  Are you opposed to the idea of not compromising on one's principles, or is your issue with how some of us go about promoting our principles?I am definitely one of those people who does not believe in compromising when it comes to liberty.  The only laws I believe should exist are those which prohibit the initiation of force or fraud against others.  If it were up to me, I would end about 99% of the government's activities overnight.  However, I realize that there is no way that those with my beliefs will be able to end all tyranny overnight, no matter how we choose to fight it.  I believe that the political process is generally one of the most effective ways of fighting tyranny, but that if any positive change is going to be had in this way, it will be slow and gradual.  I consider any action which chips away at tyranny to be a good thing.  Though I will fight to advance things as far as possible toward my views with each and every law, I realize that the outcome may not always advance liberty nearly as much as I want.I believe this is how most pro-liberty folks feel.  I do not believe that there are very many of us at all who would be against a law which takes a step in the right direction, just because it doesn't go as far as we would like.  However, we should never be satisfied with such small measures, and should never rest until we have achieved our ultimate goal of establishing a free society.When it comes to our state legislators, I respect them to the extent that they promote my liberty.  I believe some of them are somewhat supportive of bits and pieces of liberty, and that some of them aren't supporters of much liberty at all.  There are almost none who take what I would call a consistent and principled view towards liberty.  In fact, there are very few who I believe are guided by any sort of consistent principles whatsoever, whether I agree with them or not -- and the ones who do usually hold principles that I am opposed to.  Therefore I do not have a great deal of respect for any state rep.  I think that most of them have generally good intentions, but the road to hell is paved with those.   The bottom line is that I will support them any time they act in defense of liberty, but I will always take any opportunity to replace any one of them with someone who I believe better represents my beliefs.  And if any of them want my respect and admiration, they will have to earn it.</blockquote>

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