Re: How Views Cause the Situation to Change (was Re: Cheney's...)
"Timothy R. Butler" <[email protected]>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > > I guess I should have been more specific. In an American sense, liberal > > generally equals one that supports socialization. Both "conservatives" > > and "liberals" are "liberals" in a more generic sense, I suppose. :-) > > The "liberal" / "conservative" nomenclature is a straight-jacket. There > are more than two sets of opinions in the world, and in any event the > political spectrum is not linear. It isn't perfect, but neither are most descriptors I've seen. They fit the bill at certain times. > If I wanted to stick to this nomenclature I can just as well write that > liberals are people who believe in liberty, justice, freedom and civil > rights. As do the conservatives, I could argue. There is some overlap. But, generally speaking, in the U.S., liberals are for more government services and such and conservatives are for less. -Tim - -- - --------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks www.uninet.info ==================== <[email protected]> ==================== | Christian Portal: | Have you not learned great lessons | | www.faithtree.com | from those who braced themselves | | GNU/Linux News: | against you and disputed the | | www.ofb.biz | passage with you? --Walt Whitman | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+v/GlK37Cns9gJ0gRAuX+AJ9NhyEz/buKWQEx88zdp3PLZUReCgCfTpW3 XedAg/VIpXhW0+45huok97o= =BaQD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Kde-cafe mailing list - [email protected] http://ofb.biz/lists/listinfo.cgi/kde-cafe DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this mailinglist are the personal opinions of the author and do not represent OfB.biz: Open for Business, KDE or the author's employer.