Define: LIBERAL
At a party last night it was a source of humour that a George Mason economics student proudly called himself a "liberal", and yet claimed to be anti-state. I use the term in the belief that when a word is used innacurately, it should be fought for head-on. The Economist agrees, as does the Liberal Online.
The Lib Dem politicians David Laws and Paul Marshall have recently produced The Orange Book: Reclaiming Liberalism, mentioned on The Filter^ back in September. There's a discussion of the book by Nick Barlow, and I have little to add, other than to publicize the battle.
Decide for yourselves.
Surely you are not implying that the spontaneous order through which the language evolves and progresses is less than optimal?
Posted by: Matthew Mitchell | November 08, 2004 at 11:16 PM
The good will out, but it may take a long time....
http://thefilter.blogs.com/thefilter/2004/05/framing_the_arg.html
Posted by: AJE | November 09, 2004 at 12:10 AM