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1. Conservatives believe in the rule of law - the idea that law should be written down and adhered to, a notion stated by Hammurabi thousands of years ago - that law shouldn't be invented on the fly by persons in power.
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Fine as long as the law is correct. But forms of punishment should be refined. For the most part, we deal with criminals the same way as we did 200 years ago, yet our understanding of crime and technology has progressed vastly. The only reason no politician will change it is that they're scared that they might make it worse (and loose their job), so for them it's better for it to remain stagnant.
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2. Conservatives believe in capitalism within a democratic polity, as the combination that has generated huge wealth and lifted up the lives of people everywhere it's been tried.
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Agreed, capitalism is a good thing, maybe a few laws to prevent blatant exploitation of workers but otherwise it's the best system.
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3. Conservatives believe in a color-blind society, that the law should be no respecter of races, that the law shouldn't be a vehicle for favoring one race over another.
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No one with a brain can argue with that.
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4. Conservatives believe that measured, assimilatable, legal immigration has made this country great.
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Again, yes.
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5. Conservatives believe in a strong defense, because history has shown a million times over that there are many people who can only be deterred by the business end of a gun.
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Yes, no question, also a strong (dominant) economy is a good defense.
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6. Conservatives believe that as long as a person doesn't harm or infringe on the rights of another person, and obeys just laws, he should be allowed to live his life as he pleases.
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Yes.
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7. Conservatives believe that when and where an individual practices his religion is absolutely none of the government's business.
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Yes.
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8. Conservatives believe that only individuals, not groups, have rights.
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Several individuals make a group, if everyone has the same rights, then they have the same rights as a group.
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9. Conservatives believe that justice consists of allocating individuals their merited rewards or penalties.
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Yes, this is logic more than anything.
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10. Conservatives believe that no non-democratic regime has the right to exist.
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Depends, it's up to the people of that country to sort it out unless there is a very real immediate threat to us. We won our own freedom so can they. Although we should try to
persuade the regime to change its way if possible.
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11. Conservatives believe that it is a moral imperative to help the helpless and truely in need.
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Doesn't everyone sane?