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As the smoke cleared, Terry Blanton <[email protected]> mounted the barricade and roared out: > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 8:26 PM, grok <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Whatever do you mean (rolls eyes. Thinx of Hitler). > > How would you classify Robin Hood, politically? > > Terry Leaving aside that he appears to be an amalgam of real people, taken over time from a general context, I'd say he was a forerunner of liberal forces (i.e. the liberal bourgeoisie from the next century or so onwards) struggling against the growing menace of a totalitarian, centralizing absolute monarchy (as opposed to the old, decentralized feudal order, which was in fact breaking down) -- which, of course, affected this nascent bourgeoisie's bottom line: i.e. basic right to do business, etc. Much the situation as we have today, in fact! ;P Seriously, tho': It's no coincidence that it was this very King John -- in whose name the Sheriff of Nottingham acted -- who was the one forced to sign the Magna Carta (and I hope we all understand the importance of that legal concession). Nor is it a coincidence, either, that our present decadent bourgeois ruling-class has just ripped up that 800 year-old declaration of human and individual rights and used it for toilet paper. And youse guys want MONEY from these people..?? GEEeeze... ;P - -- grok. - -- Build the North America-wide General Strike. TODO el poder a los consejos y las comunas. TOUT le pouvoir aux conseils et communes. ALL power to the councils and communes. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkoK/aQACgkQXo3EtEYbt3F3awCePUTInGT77og0L3E/hKsUkaOe qVoAn2sx6d1UqczCySjchLXmmawkCyya =EdxW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
