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01-02-2011, 02:26 AM | #1 | |
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01-02-2011, 08:33 AM | #2 |
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Not sure if you understood that he is in Britain and "secular" and "right" live in different conditions there than they do here. For example the number of non-believers just eclipsed the number of believers in Britain.
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01-02-2011, 09:50 AM | #3 |
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First, for those of us in the US, the comments in the blog are difficult to read
without twisting the mind-set of our US vocabulary. "Conservatism" in the US is not the broad political base that includes both the right and left wings. Currently, I think most Yanks interpret "Conservative" as being a (minor) fraction off center towards right. Likewise, "Liberal" in the US would be a similar fraction off center towards the left. Another difference might be that the US "Liberal" is not necessarily aligned or concerned with religion, whereas" Conservative" probably would be. For the US, we would probably use "Libertarian" and "Fundamentalist" to describe the extremes, and "Moderate" falling in the middle. But it is probably a good thing to ask occasionally ask ourselves such questions, but start in the reverse order. The author is actually creating an argument against whatever you decide when you start with #1. He does this in #3 and #4 by setting premises, conditions and limitations, so you can't freely determine what you really want from the beginning. For example, the author states that all systems up to this time have become progressively "self-destroying" So you may not agree with his conditions and limitations, and need to define them for yourself. The author leads me to think he basically proposes that "radicalism, communism, socialism and political correctness?" are by their very nature negative, and he feels it is fundamentally necessary to "draw a line and fight and (if necessary) die to stop people who otherwise will not stop" |
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