From: Leroy.Pyle@f223.n143.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Leroy Pyle)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns
Subject: Re: NRA excludes Libertar
Date: 10 Apr 92 08:11:23 GMT
Organization: FidoNet node 1:143/223 - The Paul Revere Net, San Jose CA

-> From: lairdb@crash.cts.com (Laird P. Broadfield)
-> Date: 10 Apr 92 02:50:07 GMT
-> Organization: "Well, a head on top, an arm on each side, two legs....
-> Message-ID: <1992Apr10.025007.27938@crash.cts.com>
-> Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns
->
-> In <2125.29E44022@kennel.FIDONET.ORG> Leroy.Pyle@f223.n143.z1.FIDONET
-> (Leroy Pyle) writes:
->
-> >-> From: cavasin@convex.com (Vince Cavasin)
-> >->
-> >-> This sort of policy is EXACTLY what keeps Joe Average American ig
-> >-> the LP and its views.  And Joe Average American includes a hell o
-> >-> owners who have never heard of the LP and would probably be quite
-> >-> enthusiastic about our cause if they were exposed to it.
-> >->
-> >Why do you think it is the NRA's responsibility to publicize the LP
-> >its views? You think the policy stinks because NRA membership monies
-> >are not used to promote the LP? You blame the NRA and its policy for
-> >the LP's lack of exposure?
->
-> >You do a disservice with your agitation.
-> >         Leroy Pyle    (NRA BOD)
->
-> Mmmm, I think you're being unfair here.  Vince's complaint is not tha
-> NRA should be publicizing the LP, but that the NRA is engaged in
-> irresponsible
-> reportage.  It's debatable, but (at the risk of putting words in Vinc
-> mouth) how about: "To report on the positions of only the two-party
-> candidates
-> when significant alternatives exist in many races is as much a disser
-> as Election News Service's rounding-up of the vote numbers to allow n
-> reporting of alternative party results.  Libertarians are already a
-> significant political force (take a look at Alaska) and could be more
-> if they were more widely known."
->
-> Under the same logic, it's also arguable that the feature should also
-> that the American Nazi Party candidate is pro-control, the ACP candid
-> is pro-control, etc.  However, based on the (presumed) orientation of
-> membership, we may also say that it is in the interest of the members
-> to learn about pro-rights candidates, and that omissions may be assum
-> be anti-.  This would imply that pro-rights candidates should be repo
-> whether they're Republican, Libertarian, Vegetarian, or Hippopotamus.
->
-> Note that I didn't say *supported*, just reported.  After all (being
-> intentionally offensive to make the point) is it the NRA's intention
-> *inform* their members, who are capable of making an educated decisio
-> or to lead sheep by the nose to conform to the board's agenda?
->
I'm new to tpg, but have noticed that being intentionally offensive
seems to be the order of the day :-).
And in keeping with the tone, I will admit that I responded to the LP
bellyaching because his was in the extreme and left plenty of openings.
I have tired of the constant LP complaint. On the BBS, at meetings, and
in print...... They really push their way in and want to make
EVERYTHING the LP way. I'll bet everyone that has ever been to a
gunrights meeting has had to sit through a lengthy LP speech when it
came to the Q&A. Not bad if you are LP, but tiresom after awhile. And I
will admit what I think I conveyed in the earlier post. I am impressed
with the success of the LP.
Now that we all have had a chance to snivel, can I suggest that the
chore of evaluating just the two major parties (sorry LP, couldn't
resist) is one helluva chore. You can't imagine the wrangling that goes
on to determine the grades. We get in enough trouble already to have to
worry about the rest of the crowd. And if the LP, then why not all the
others?
And in response to your last, will you consider that the NRA membership
IS an informed group and have made an informed and responsible decision
to limit their reporting to worthwhile efforts?
         Leroy 


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