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::Well, to be quite frank, I'm working from some of my textbooks here. Now the thing is, that they do address the changes in though about terrorism, and I want to rewrite some of it to take into account what you are talking about. Obviously, there has been changes in how terrorist operate and how we view terrorism, and what I've put in doesn't reflect that, but rather more the post Cold War view. I was going to go in and put that stuff in, but I think I upset Andy with the article on the Patriot Movement, which was my bad. I wasn't thinking at the time. Therefore, I'm trying to kinda stay away from the more politically charged stuff for the time being. Feel free to go in and change stuff of course, but I would like it if you left the the stuff in and perhaps simply categorized it as spectrum theory and added that its a little outdated.--[[User:Elamdri|Elamdri]] 17:34, 24 June 2007 (EDT)

::Well, to be quite frank, I'm working from some of my textbooks here. Now the thing is, that they do address the changes in though about terrorism, and I want to rewrite some of it to take into account what you are talking about. Obviously, there has been changes in how terrorist operate and how we view terrorism, and what I've put in doesn't reflect that, but rather more the post Cold War view. I was going to go in and put that stuff in, but I think I upset Andy with the article on the Patriot Movement, which was my bad. I wasn't thinking at the time. Therefore, I'm trying to kinda stay away from the more politically charged stuff for the time being. Feel free to go in and change stuff of course, but I would like it if you left the the stuff in and perhaps simply categorized it as spectrum theory and added that its a little outdated.--[[User:Elamdri|Elamdri]] 17:34, 24 June 2007 (EDT)

:::Thank you.  If you've read the [[political spectrum theory]] article, you'd probably see how difficult it is to label person,s groups, and even ideologies as "leftis" or "right", and never was this more true than in the poart-Cold War era. The simple fact is, not all poltical action is ideologically driven.  Take the [[NRA]] for example, widely regarded as the most powerful special interest group in the US, yet nonetheless, it's broadbased grassroots come from a huge cross section.  A woman who carries a gun in self defence to protect herself against rape, can hardly be pigeon-holed into an ideological mold.

:::Thank you.  If you've read the [[political spectrum theory]] article, you'd probably see how difficult it is to label person's groups, and even ideologies as "left" or "right", and never was this more true than in the poart-Cold War era. The simple fact is, not all poltical action is ideologically driven.  Take the [[NRA]] for example, widely regarded as the most powerful special interest group in the US, yet nonetheless, it's broadbased grassroots come from a huge cross section.  A woman who carries a gun in self defence to protect herself against rape, can hardly be pigeon-holed into an ideological mold.

:::Being that the question is so unsettled, and "left/right" spectrum theory really is little more than journalistic shorthand to argue prejudices without having to discuss issues, I suggest we just drop it from the article.  We can come up with better subheads.  I'll be a little busy in the early part of this week, but by mid week should be able to focus a little closer and help you out.  Thanks again.  [[User:RobS|RobS]] 20:18, 24 June 2007 (EDT)

:::Being that the question is so unsettled, and "left/right" spectrum theory really is little more than journalistic shorthand to argue prejudices without having to discuss issues, I suggest we just drop it from the article.  We can come up with better subheads.  I'll be a little busy in the early part of this week, but by mid week should be able to focus a little closer and help you out.  Thanks again.  [[User:RobS|RobS]] 20:18, 24 June 2007 (EDT)