What is Conservatism to you?

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I have started on Dr. Alitt's excellent primer on the Conservative Tradition, through The Teaching Company (available @ http://www.teach12.com/ttcx/coursedesclong2.aspx?cid=4812 for those who are interested, it costs money though, but not too much, especially when compared to university level classes), and it got me thinking about what I feel Conservatism as a political philosophy really is. Obviously given from the word that is used: Conservative, which denotes careful planning and rational development, but is that all it is? I am curious in what y'all think it means. Maybe this will spark a conversation that does not break down into name calling, but we shall see.

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ha ha, no one torrents, especially me *wink* *wink*

Chang may be not avoided, but could be assimilated and changed enough to be considered OK?

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Can you link to it or explain here? I hadn't heard a decent argument for downloading v. distribution, so I'm intrigued.

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I wonder if it's different, though, because I have to connect to your computer actively - without my action, there would be no instance of infringement on your part (unless just offering by listing in your shared folder is infringement? I dunno, this is why I'm taking IP next semester). Interesting, though.

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The problem with this is that torrents are essentially uploading and downloading, as most torrent programs force you to do both, to not clog the ones who are dedicated to uploading.