Conservative

2007-03-15T23:31:15Z

Jthompson:

A '''conservative''' is one who adheres to principles of limited government, personal responsibility and moral virtue. He or she may agree with the statement in George Washington's [[Farewell Address]] that "religion and morality are indispensable supports" to political prosperity.<ref>http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/49.htm</ref> Conservatism arose in the 19th century as a response to [[liberalism]], particularly as manifested in the [[French Revolution]].

In the United States, conservatives are generally characterized by the following beliefs:

* National defense and high military spending
* Return of prayer in school
* Stronger protection of 2nd Amendment rights (weaker gun control laws)
* Economic allocative efficiency (as opposed to popular equity)
* Stronger law enforcement and anti-crime laws, including the death penalty
* Prevention of teaching sexual education in public schools
* Abandonment of public schools in favor of private, particularly using tuition vouchers
* Private medical care and retirement plans
* Strong, unilateral foreign policy
* Weakening or cancellation of failed social support programs
* Government restrictions on same-sex marriage and abortion
* The segregation of blacks and jews from clean white society.

Many conservatives hold a strong [[libertarian]] conviction in the belief that the state should not interfere with the [[economy]], [[gun control]], and the redistribution of wealth.

About every 20-60 years, a conservative has been elected president of the United States. Examples include:

 [[James Monroe]]
 [[James Polk]]
 [[Abraham Lincoln]]
 [[Grover Cleveland]]
 [[William Hoard Taft]]
 [[Warren G. Harding]]
 [[Ronald Reagan]]
 [[George W. Bush]]

In America, most conservatives tend to align with the [[Republican Party]] or the [[Libertarian Party]].

In the United Kingdom the present parlimentary opposition party is called the Conservative party [http://www.conservatives.com]and as it's name suggests hold traditional conservative views. Its current leader is David Cameron.
== References ==

Conservative party UK <http://www.conservatives.com/>
[[Category:Politics]]

Debate:Should the United States have entered World War II?

2007-03-15T23:13:58Z

Jthompson: /* '''no...''' */

=='''Post Your Thoughts'''==

==='''no...'''===
If we'd have let the jews die, we wouldn't have half of the problems in America that we do today.

==='''yes...'''===

They Attacked us, what more is there?

[[User:BenjaminS|Ben]]

Yes, even if they hadn't attacked us we had a moral responsibility to enter WWII. If America hadn't taken a stand against Hitler how much more damage would he have done?

[[User:Sarah_B|Sarah B]]

Hitler and the Japanese were on their way to winning WWII till we joined.
If we didn't join, Hitler probably would have had complete control of europe, and the japanese would have had the pacific, and we would have been the next target. we already were attacked at pearl harbor so that kind of forced us, but even if we were not we still should have joined.

Tim

Yes,
It's obvious that Hitler was an evil man. As christians we were justified to fight him in world war two. When America came into the war Britain was about to be destroyed by Germany. If America hadn't come in when it did, they would've been destroyed(I think we should've helped Britain with soldiers alot sooner, just goes to show how indecisive a democracy can be). On Japanese front I think they attacked us and we were justified to defend ourselves. Overall I think this is a silly debate because nobody will ever take the negative side.

Double Edge

[[Will N.]]

Yes,

It was a necessity! At this moment we could be speaking German and not be celebrating Christmas the Christian way! Hilter was a madman hated even by his closest generals and field marshals. Field Marshal [[Erwin Rommel]] once attempted to assasinate the Fuher in his HQ in central [[Germany]]. Thats how bad the man was. It was a good thing we entered the war.

[[PJ]]
Just because Hitler was evil, does not mean that the United States had the moral authority to go to war. What are the conditions for a just war, and do they apply?

'''Reply:''' Actually, the United States ''did'' have the moral authority to go to war because Hitler was evil, even if Japan hadn't spurred us to do so first. If it is not morally right to oppose evil, then I don't know what is. As for your question, the conditions for a just war could range from protecting your country or protecting an oppressed country or opposing a country that has committed an act that is universally accepted as bad (ex. the Holocaust).
--[[User:David R|David R]] 21:57, 9 February 2007 (EST)

::Yes we should have gone into World War II. Even when we didn't know what [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]] was really doing to the [[Judaism|Jewish]] people at the time. We should have gone to help our allies out in the War so that they would be able to return the favor to us if we ever need to have to be saved by an enemy.
::--[[Zorala|Daniel]] 12:48 3/11/2007 GMT-8

Absolutely! First off, we were attacked by a superpower and we had the right acts to defend outselves. And secondly...well just read the ones above i guess we are kicking a dead horse at this point.--[[User:Goose89|Goose]] 13:20, 14 March 2007 (EDT)

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