You're welcome ... but it was no trouble. I just went to Google and typed "define:liberal" then "define:conservative" and copied both results to here. Anyone with two fingers can do it.
However, in mitigation of conservative philosophy, it is needed to keep human society from changing too fast and possibly blowing ourselves up in the excitement. Liberal philosophy can sometimes get us into trouble by bringing on change far too fast. A balance would be very nice, but ..... (sigh). On Aug 1, 6:34 am, Vamadevananda <[email protected]> wrote: > Must thank you, Gruff, for taking the trouble of enlightening us ! > Amazingly, I had it right, more or less. > > On Aug 1, 6:20 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Definitions of liberal on wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn: > > > * broad: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad > > political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal > > newspaper"; "tolerant > > > * having political or social views favoring reform and progress > > > * tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or > > tradition > > > * a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform > > and the protection of civil liberties > > > * big: given or giving freely; "was a big tipper"; "the bounteous > > goodness of God"; "bountiful compliments"; "a freehanded host"; "a > > handsome allowance"; "Saturday's child is loving and giving"; "a > > liberal backer of the arts"; "a munificent gift"; "her fond and > > openhanded grandfather" > > > * a person who favors an economic theory of laissez-faire and self- > > regulating markets > > > * free: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been > > told"; "a free translation of the poem" > > > Definitions of conservative on wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn: > > > * resistant to change > > > * having social or political views favoring conservatism > > > * cautious: avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate" > > > * a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas > > > * button-down: unimaginatively conventional; "a colorful character in > > the buttoned-down, dull-grey world of business"- Newsweek > > > * a member of a Conservative Party > > > * bourgeois: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle > > class; "a bourgeois mentality" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
