On Thu, 2004-11-11 at 10:41, James McDonald wrote: > What does it mean to be "left wing" or "right wing" has anyone got a non > satirical explanation.
Sort of (*): left-wing = liberal = Democrat/Labour = progressive = 'for the worker' right-ring = conservative = Republican/Tory = reactionary = 'for the rich guy' (*) As you can see, this is a very sloppy way to describe things. But I think this is a 'classical' grouping of these terms. Life is not so neat. > > I keep hearing these terms and because I am non-political have no idea > what they mean? I suspect many non non-political folk are in the same situation. +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ � Roger Oberholtzer � E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] � � OPQ Systems AB � WWW: http://www.opq.se/ � � Nybrogatan 66 nb � Phone: Int + 46 8 314223 � � 114 41 Stockholm � Mobile: Int + 46 733 621657 � � Sweden � Fax: Int + 46 8 314223 � +����������������������������+�������������������������������+ _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsub/Pause/Etc -> http://mail.linux-sxs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general
