And then they hear my opinions…

So, I was with a bunch of guys from church yesterday, and someone asked me what I was thinking about.

“Politics.”

He then said to me “if you love politics so much, why don’t you get into it? I’d vote for you!”

I told him that he most likely wouldn’t vote for me once he knew what my beliefs were.

I’ve come around to libertarianism. This is a belief system that has a very strong focus on human rights, but only human rights (as opposed to special interest rights such as the rights of the employee). It recognises that Government does far more harm than good, and should only exist and act where absolutely necessary.

The idea of freedom for everyone is anathema to most Christians when it is spelled out to them. Most people love the idea of being able to control someone else’s life through legislation but hate the idea of it happening to them.

In fairness, we should only be using legislation to protect the rights of others, not to deny their choices.