Thinking? He does think... are you sure? All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http:\\www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
----- Original Message ----- From: "Collin Brendemuehl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 2:52 PM Subject: RE: My own DOF confusion > Excellent answer. > > The line between is more blurred than it was 80 years ago. > We have a moderate "liberalism/socialism" in the US, > maintained since the late 19th c. This encompasses a large segment > of the population that sees the need to care for human need. > > But the Left and Right both still exist and are at odds. > In US *policy* it's the difference between Ronald Regan's Federalism > (W is simply not as refined in his thinking as the US really needs) > versus the work to help the few remaining Communist systems to survive > approach of the Clinton years. > > Collin > > p.s., Please don't flame me, anyone. If this is that personal to you, > seek help immediately. :) And smile on the way. > > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > >Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:34:51 +0100 (MET) > >From: Anders Hultman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: > > > >> This may seem uneducated of me - but I here you all saying "i'm right of > >> centre", "he's left", "left winged", "right winged" etc, can someone please > >> explain to me just what these terms mean? > > > >This dates back to the French parliament of 1789 where the radicals that > >wanted to change society towards more equality and freedom sat to the left > >as seen from the rostrum, and the conservatives that wanted to maintain > >the old system sat to the right. Since then, liberal politics has been > >labeled "left" and conservative politics has been labeled "right". > > > >In the mid 19th century, an even more radical ideology was formed, > >socialism, to the "left" of the then current left. This blurred the > >left--right concept somewhat, since the liberals then became "middle" or > >even "right". The left--right concept became even more blurred in the > >1930's when fascism and nazism was placed off the scale to the right > >("extreme right") even though many people think that they have more in > >common with the communists on the "extreme left" (left of the socialists) > >than with the conservatives traditionally labeled "right". > > > >Nowadays, it can be hard to determine what should be called "left" and > >"right" and there also are big differences within each side, so one should > >generally ask for clarification when these terms are used. Especially in > >an international context such as this. > > > >anders > >------------------------- > >http://anders.hultman.nu/ > >med dagens bild och allt! > > > >-------------------------------- > >End of pentax-discuss-d Digest V04 Issue #674 > >********************************************* > > > > -- > --------------------- > > "You can impress people at a distance, but you can only impact them up close." > > -- Howard Hendricks > -- >