Quoth Evgeny Stambulchik on Wed, Jan 22, 2003: > Vadim Vygonets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoth Evgeny Stambulchik on Tue, Jan 21, 2003: > > > Hmm, depends what is a "revolutionary". Either > > > > > > a) an author/follower/supporter of a revolutionary idea/theory > > > > > > or > > > > > > b) a person who implements an idea by "revolutionary" (read here: brute > > > force, terror,...) methods > > > > > > I personally believe that only the first definition is justified. People > > > from the second type should be called by their proper name: extremists. > > > However, since extremists of all flavours (mostly from red to brown, with > > > some amount of green added lately) tend to call themselves > > > "revolutionaries", the term became ambiguous in the XX century. > > > > Which one of these definitions does Lenin fall under? > > ?! b), of course. Why would somebody in a sane mind dispute this nowadays?
Now, weren't the ideas revolutionary? Vadik. -- Bell Labs Unix -- Reach out and grep someone. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
