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http://sbbs.johnband.org/2004/09/classical-liberalism-redefined/ As fair-minded and non-partisan as Torquemada. Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:16:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://sbbs.johnband.org/2004/09/classical-liberalism-redefined/#comment-1138 Sat, 13 Nov 2004 13:27:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=478#comment-1138 I think Lord Tebbitt is a shining light in a world consumed by Liberalism and Political Correctness.

]]> http://sbbs.johnband.org/2004/09/classical-liberalism-redefined/#comment-1001 Sun, 31 Oct 2004 08:30:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=478#comment-1001 Think you’re missing my point, Gareth – my problem with Civitas’s claims of ‘liberalism’ isn’t that they’re capitalist, which is fine by me, but that they’re socially authoritarian.

]]> http://sbbs.johnband.org/2004/09/classical-liberalism-redefined/#comment-1000 Sun, 31 Oct 2004 08:15:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=478#comment-1000 Liberalism as economics has been capitalist, verging between free trade and laissez faire. As philosophy from Greek philosophers onwards it has championed rational free speech. Bert Russell, George Orwell, Albert Camus, Sakharov, Popper et al were among twentieth century champions. I support rational, nonracist free discussion agendas, and while not being a capitalist, I support the right of civitas folk to expound their views and have them freely debated.

]]> http://sbbs.johnband.org/2004/09/classical-liberalism-redefined/#comment-781 Thu, 30 Sep 2004 04:49:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=478#comment-781 So *that’s* why my mate from Uni has been doing that for the last ten years… It always sounded like an intolerable chore to me, but it makes sense now…

]]> http://sbbs.johnband.org/2004/09/classical-liberalism-redefined/#comment-779 Thu, 30 Sep 2004 04:14:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=478#comment-779 Broadly yes, but you need to spend about ten years beforehand going to lots of parties with MPs and journalists so that people are actually willing to pay up.

]]> http://sbbs.johnband.org/2004/09/classical-liberalism-redefined/#comment-776 Wed, 29 Sep 2004 18:59:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=478#comment-776 Actually, how does one go about setting up a political think-tank? Is it really just a case of registering a limited company teh writing down the first lot of crap that comes into your head, saving it as a PDF and charging a few grand for the priviledge of reading it?

]]> http://sbbs.johnband.org/2004/09/classical-liberalism-redefined/#comment-764 Tue, 28 Sep 2004 18:25:00 +0000 http://sbbs.johnband.org/?p=478#comment-764 I really think these right-wingers ought to be allowed to try their ideas out – just not on us. Surely they’ve got enough cash between them to buy a small country on which to carry out their grand experiment?

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