[Lnc-business] For your consideration...(Cuban Prisoner Resolution)

[Whitney Bilyeu]

I agree with David's substitution of the word 'strongly'!

Whitney Bilyeu

On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 12:44 PM, David Demarest <dprattdemarest at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I would substitute "strongly" for "wholeheartedly" but since both words
> fail the emotional test (not a valid test from my perspective because
> effective arguments connect at the emotional level first before moving on
> to the objective level) which would suggest that neither should be used.
>
> However, in the interest of showing support for the two dissents in
> question before they die of old age or we conclude this hair-splitting
> semantics delaying tactic argument, whichever comes first, I will
> co-sponsor Whitney's otherwise excellent wording of this motion.
>
> These debates are certainly (yes, emotional) enlightening but I am
> concerned (again, emotional) that we will all die of old age before we
> reach a consensus on important issues before it is too (emotional) late and
> they become moot points.
>
> Perhaps we should focus instead on inspiring and empowering individual
> grassroots Libertarians to go out and get stuff done without getting stuck
> in the quicksand of institutional authoritarian consensus and bureaucratic
> inertia.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> On Feb 28, 2017 11:40 AM, "Whitney Bilyeu" <whitneycb76 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> -----
>> The Libertarian National Committee wholeheartedly opposes the unjust
>> arrest and detention of peaceful individuals.  The arrests on February 2,
>> 2017, and subsequent detention of libertarian activists, Ubaldo Herrera
>> Hernandez and Manuel Velazquez, in Cuba illustrate the threats to freedom
>> we all face around the world.
>>
>> The Libertarian Party calls on the Cuban government to immediately
>> release details of the above-mentioned arrests and detentions, including
>> the specific charges being levied against the individuals in question.  In
>> the absence of such information, we call for the release of these
>> prisoners.
>>
>> Libertarian activism worldwide must not be deterred by the attempts of
>> authoritarian leaders, totalitarian governments, and dictatorial regimes to
>> silence the voice of freedom.  We condemn any acts of official oppression,
>> and uphold the promotion of limited government and free markets in any
>> country.  Furthermore, we call on the U.S. Department of State to publicly
>> denounce violations of the right to free speech, the right to peaceably
>> assemble, and the right to due process abroad.
>> ----
>>
>> Whitney Bilyeu
>> Region 7 Rep
>>
>>
>>
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