tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post116249678538257678..comments2023-11-02T03:51:26.343-07:00Comments on Coalition for Fog: And I have answers tooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-1162520191692654392006-11-02T18:16:00.000-08:002006-11-02T18:16:00.000-08:00Or in perhaps the most general terms of all -- I a...<I>Or in perhaps the most general terms of all -- I am a neocon because I have no per-se problem with modernity.</I><BR/><BR/>Neither do I, but I am not sure I would call myself a neocon. I am in complete agreement on point two, less so on point one. I think that you are distinguishing yourself from paleoconservative thought, but again, to me paleocons and "unhyphenated" cons are not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-1162507505061795502006-11-02T14:45:00.000-08:002006-11-02T14:45:00.000-08:00Paul:I consider myself a neocon for the following ...Paul:<BR/><BR/>I consider myself a neocon for the following reasons:<BR/><BR/>(1) I have no problem with a powerful central government and the post-New-Deal regulatory/welfare state (largely because I think this is what Church Social Teaching requires in our present circumstances ... natch). And while I think capitalism is the best way to pursue economic ends, sometimes its greater efficiencies Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-1162506204865520292006-11-02T14:23:00.000-08:002006-11-02T14:23:00.000-08:00Hey, Victor, sorry to go OT, but you intrigued me ...Hey, Victor, sorry to go OT, but you intrigued me by your last comment. You said you would call yourself a neocon. Forgive me if this has been discussed before, but exactly how would you distinguish neoconservatism from conservatism? In other words, I would describe myself as a conservative (or, better put, an unhyphenated conservative), and I consider paleocons and neocons as distinct from Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30405512.post-1162505545055172772006-11-02T14:12:00.000-08:002006-11-02T14:12:00.000-08:00Thanks, Victor. Again, I don't see how anyone coul...Thanks, Victor. Again, I don't see how anyone could deny that you have been unjustly charged. That is, unless someone thinks you are lying through your teeth here.<BR/><BR/>Of course I don't think that. I try to approach people with charity and grant good faith and a large benefit of the doubt unless confronted with compelling, overwhelming evidence to the contrary.<BR/><BR/>God bless,<BR/><BR/>Dave Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07771661758539438173noreply@blogger.com