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"To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing, if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?" -- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803 Sunday, September 17, 2006A “Fuck Yeah” Email
by Lee
Despite the insistence of many people that opposition to torture is a liberal/conservative issue, I don’t think it is. I think that it’s basically a function of authoritarianism more than anything else, though undoubtedly numerous people reading this will disagree. This email, I think, sums it up nicely.
There are two ways to view this. The first is that, because a liberal agrees with my position, this is evidence that I’ve abandoned conservatism and I’m some kind of crypto-leftist. The second is that the idea that conservatives would support this kind of authoritarian empowering of the state is so foreign to the actual message of conservatism—individualism, limited government, etc.—that the only people who oppose it are liberals, libertarians, and classic conservatives. I believe it is the latter. I have no doubt whatsoever that most of you will believe it is the former. It’s a lot easier to swallow than admitting to yourself that you’re supporting something antithetical to your own beliefs.
Posted by Lee on 09/17/06 at 04:52 PM in Reader Mail/Hate Mail •
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