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Mar. 19, 2010 I consider myself to be moderately liberal. I'm pro-choice, pro-gay rights, pro separation of church and state, not opposed to gun ownership but for REASONABLE gun control, not confiscating the weapons of any law-abiding citizen,believe that government should be a big as it needs to be,no more and no less. I don't like paying taxes but realize that they are necessary for a nation to function and also that merely reducing taxes as much as possible and deregulating government control of business does not bring general prosperity but but merely destroys the safety net for the unfortunate which is absolutely essential for a nation and allows business to exploit and harm the public and despoil the environment with impunity. I'm not an environmental extremist who is hysterical about global warming etc, but I realize that the world does have serious ecological and environmental problems about which we must not be complacent. Without a safety net for the unfortunate, millions of Americans would be absolutely helpless against adverse circumstances. Private charities are a good thing and I'm all for them, but they can only do so much and cannot possibly provide for every one in need. I'm opposed to the death penalty. I'm not hostile to Christianity or any other religion but am vehemently opposed to people trying to impose their religion and social agenda on others. I believe that what consenting adults do in private is none of my business and certainly none of the government's, either. I'm opposed to government censorship of films, television, the internet, books,magazines, etc. And as a classical musician, I believe that government support of the arts is absolutely essential. But do these views make me a left-winger? Not at all. I don't like to describe myself as left-wing because this implies that you believe in socialism,Marxism and communism, things which I have never accepted. I'm not your stereotypical left-winger, the type who hates America and blames it for all the world's ills, hates the military and our soldiers, admires Castro, Hugo Chavez and Che Guevara, and all that nonsense. Nor do I believe that there is no such thing as right and wrong. I've never been conventionally religious but am not an atheist. I don't hate Christians or Christianity, nor do I want to interfere with any one's religious freedom. I believe in capitalism and am hardly unaware of the monstrous evils inflicted on the world by communist dictatorships. But I'm opposed to the kind of capitalism which allows some to become wealthy and forces many others to sink helplessly into poverty and which denies help to those in need.
That's why I'm liberal but not left-wing.
A former free lance French hornist who has performed with numerous orchestras, opera companies, concert bands and chamber music ensembles. Also a former substitute music teacher at varous public schools. Has served as music critic for student newspapers at Queens college and Hofstra university and currently involved in music appreciation programs for people with diabilities and the elderly and infirm. Has performed in Italwy, Australia, Switzerland, New Zealand, Fiji and Samoa.
Classical music blog The Horn, at blogiversity.org. Discusses all aspects of classical music, orchestral, operatic, chamber music etc, music history, theory, current events, composers, conductors, instrumentalists, singers etc, and much more.
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