Friday Fiver

[gridlore]

From the home office in a bus station in Alabama, we bring you this week's questions:

1. When is the last time you rode the bus? A few months ago. Normally, I'm a public transportation fanatic, but my current job is unreachable by bus (or train, for that matter.)

2. Describe the last time you stood up for a cause: Constantly! Even if its just debate/arguing on the net, I'm a passionate supporter of gay rights, abortion rights, and a staunch defender of the 2nd Amendment. (now there's a combination you don't see that often.)

3. Have you visited Alabama? Many times. Mainly Phenix City, since I was stationed right across the Chattahoochee River at Fort Benning. But I also made it to Montgomery and Selma.

4. Have you ever attended a rally? Several. Mostly for gay rights and pro-choice causes.

5. Have you ever been arrested? Nope.

Comments

[lysana.livejournal.com]

So you're saying the Libertarian party in the US isn't a source of true libertarianism? After all, they're wishy-washy on abortion.

[nsingman.livejournal.com]

I've learned not to be terribly presumptuous about "true libertarianism," since there are a few different flavors. What might make some libertarians wishy-washy on abortion, though, might be the issue of when the fetus becomes a person. I'm not sure myself, though I'm probably more unwilling than even my fellow libertarians to force a woman to carry a pregnancy to term. I'm uncomfortable with late term elective abortions, but I'm not sure where I'd draw the line at wanting them actually outlawed.

No libertarian I've encountered would ever force a woman to have an abortion, of course, nor would they force a physician to perform one.

[murbin.livejournal.com]

The Libertarian Party in the US is made up a wide range of members, but I agree with nsingman's comments about Libertarians and abortion. Even those who don't like the concept, feel it's none of their business what other adults do with their bodies.

As for Doug's grouping of rights he fights for, there is actually an organized group that is very vocal about two, and probably very supportive of the third. They are called the Pink Pistols.