Paul Thiel Quote

The root of the word liberal is liberalis (suitable for a freeman, generous) and liber (free).  A person who is liberal is open-minded or not strict in the observance of orthodox, traditional, or established forms or ways.  To be free is to be unrestrained in form, the only 'reformation' is from being in a state of restriction to being unrestricted.

The classical liberal is ever standing up against claims upon his person, labors and property.  The American republican form of government is based on classical liberalism — republicans are true liberals.

To 'reform' is the method to one's freedom.  Once free, the liberal protects his freedom — so the liberal is also a conservative.  A liberal is a freeman, and to maintain that freeman status the person must take responsibility for it and act in its defense against so-called 'reformers' with designs on him.

Today's "liberal" reformers are but followers of the religion of Power, to "eat the rich" and "burn it down."  Their goal is not Liberty but subservience and perpetual 'service' to the State.  THAT is socialism, so say the socialists themselves.  They call that "equity" and apparently the freeman must give up his liberty to make things "fair."

“Blessings of the state, blessings of the masses. ... Work hard, increase production, prevent accidents, and be happy.”
~ Big Brother

George Lucas's movie, THX 1138

Frederick William Sillik, Mr. Archer’s comments are far deeper and more accurate than any of your erroneous word salad. Your redefining of words to fit your immature dynamic doesn’t begin to associate to any reality but your own mental derangement. By an extremely terse example; The de jure jurisprudence of the States united was to be “the laws of nature and of nature’s God” (Declaration of Independence). Such administration of “law” is of absolutes (science, gravity, math, life, liberty, property, etc.). Codes, ordinances, regulations, rules, statutes, etc. at “nature” (and the laws thereof), are to place in order laws that already exist (for man's expansion / expressions of individual sovereignty, inalienable rights, liberty and justice). At “nature”, man can NOT create law - carnal man can create despotism and tyranny.

Legal Positivism is an arbitrary exercise at public law; “An arbitrary law is one made by the legislator simply because he wills it, and is not founded in the nature of things;” (Bouvier’s Law Dictionary) – Legal Positivism is most often “used in opposition to natural law” (Bouvier’s Law Dictionary - “law” derived from nature; is expressed through Hebrew natural law; - / - while, both the Hebrew and academically accepted philosophy of natural law here fit the subject matter’s definition)

Your diatribe on “crime” is couched in a cosmetic expression of Legal Positivism - NOT, science or nature’s reality. In the real world, “A crime is an offense against a public law.” (Bouvier’s Law Dictionary)

OK, I admit it, I had to laugh almost uncontrollable while shaking my lowered head at your “inability to converse on a reasonable basis” :-), ;-), :-). - I also admit it is many of my offenses against public law that gives me the ability to converse on a reasonable basis - Mr. Archer will probably agree with my opinion. Responsibility and order MAY be predicated on reason within an enclave of Legal Positivism and/or a domain of absolutes such as the laws of nature. Your being lost in the ethos with all your self created definitions doesn’t fare well in any expression of “reason”.