<HTML><HTML>In a message dated 11/3/04 11:42:21 PM Eastern Standard Time, lbo-talk-request@lbo-talk.org writes: Seth Ackerman wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">But I believe a signifiant percentage of people who say they put stock in 'values'- not most, just a significant number - aren't necessarily most obesessed with gays and abortion, even if they do happen to be conservative on those issues. Instead, their biggest concern is that they think the society and culture have gotten too selfish, which they equate with libertinism. In other words, they don't really distinguish between the Enron exec who rips off his workers to pay for a luxury party in Greece and the mythical girl who gets an abortion so she can fit into her prom dress. </BLOCKQUOTE> Then why is their rage directed against the girl who gets an abortion and not Ken Lay and his buddy in the White House? </HTML>