While I am very tempted by your offer (assuming that it's mutual--that you'd be willing to reconsider libertarianism as well, if I brought up good points), in p

While I am very tempted by your offer (assuming that it's mutual--that you'd be willing to reconsider libertarianism as well, if I brought up good points), in part because I love a good debate, I actually have work I need to get done. Despite the evidence of my recent frequent posts to this topic... The problem is that if I took your challenge seriously, I'd spend lots of time researching what you said, as well as other perspectives, and...well... Like I said, sounds like fun, but I need to spend my energy on my fledgling business instead. Think of it this way: I'm trying to BE a character in a Rand novel that takes control of his own life and benefits from his own creativity and passion. Or something like that. :) Also, if we both turned out to be too set in our ways, I think the likely result is that we'd drill down to how our sets of personal axioms contradict each other--really core personal assumptions and views of the world that, to each of us, are non-negotiable. And while I find that kind of thing interesting (see, e.g., George Lakoff, Moral Politics), the net result would be somewhat disappointing--an agreement to disagree. Thanks for the offer, though.