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Unread 29-02-2008, 16:23
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Re: Election 2008, Who's the best Candidate for FIRST?

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Incidentally, the freedom to control one's own funds is a libertarian idea, not a conservative one. Why do you conflate libertarianism with conservatism in this case?
It originally was a conservative idea, but things change =P. Saying that I don't think its too surprising saying that I picked Ron Paul. Not only do I think hes just a great choice in general, but on topic I'd have to say one of the best things FIRST does is glorify the mind. The mind expresses who you are as an individual. You can see how teams came together and worked out together as individuals putting their ideas in one for a common goal. Their robot is basically an expression of their team and each individual on the team. It isn't a group, moving without thinking, acting without reason, or doing without knowledge, its individuals each with their own mind and soul accomplishing a common goal. I believe Ron Paul's platform covers the belief that every single person deserves to be treated as a breathing, thinking, capable individual, and that no one has the right to put their needs over theirs.

Now this may sound "greedy", but I think it fits gracious professionalism perfectly. Gracious professionalism is helping others, not out of charity, not because you pity them, its helping them because you admire them. You see that spark in their mind, that thing that makes them human and you do what you can to help them, not for their sake, not because they deserve pity, but for your own sake. Because every single person has a set of moral values and a mind to interpret the world with. If you were to help them for any other reason than your own selfishness, then you are truly a horrible person. By helping them "selflessly", because you pity them, and not out of the "greedy" respect, you are basically saying that they are not human. That they are incapable of thought, unable to reason, and a lesser being than you. That is what I consider truly greedy.

Ok a little bit of rambling and long bodies of text, but I felt that it fit the topic. Without the explanation I think it sounded a little to harsh =P. Hopefully it got my message across I could have probably worded it better if I wanted to spend more time over it, but seeing how its just a forum, I don't =P.

Short version (tldr oh noes) : I chose Ron Paul, his platform supports the individual, not a collective group. When you do things for the good of all, its generally those of the mind that get screwed over so to say, and since FIRST glorifies the mind, Ron Paul = FIRST.
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