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→Wow, that was a brilliant deletion of all content from this page: response to PF
:::::Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary defines the political usage of the term "right" (Under "R," defintion 2.8) as "individuals sometimes expressing opposition to change in the established order and favoring traditional attitudes and practices and sometimes advocating the forced establishment of an authoritarian political order." That same source defines the political usage of the term "left" (Under "L", definition 2.3) "those professing views usu characterized by desires to reform or overthrow the established order esp. in politics and usu advocating change in the name of the greater freedom or well-being of the common man." --[[User:PF Fox|PF Fox]] 11:57, 10 April 2007 (EDT)
:::::Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary defines the political usage of the term "right" (Under "R," defintion 2.8) as "individuals sometimes expressing opposition to change in the established order and favoring traditional attitudes and practices and sometimes advocating the forced establishment of an authoritarian political order." That same source defines the political usage of the term "left" (Under "L", definition 2.3) "those professing views usu characterized by desires to reform or overthrow the established order esp. in politics and usu advocating change in the name of the greater freedom or well-being of the common man." --[[User:PF Fox|PF Fox]] 11:57, 10 April 2007 (EDT)
::::::''"those professing views usu characterized by desires to reform or overthrow the established order esp. in politics "''
::::::This definition describes Adolf Hitler & Osama bin Laden pretty good. [[User:RobS|RobS]] 13:23, 10 April 2007 (EDT)
:Okay, enough joking around. Seriously, the problem is that no one can agree on the definitions. This article makes our creationism and evolution articles look simple (and I've reserved several even '''more contentious''' subjects for a later date - don't ask).
:Okay, enough joking around. Seriously, the problem is that no one can agree on the definitions. This article makes our creationism and evolution articles look simple (and I've reserved several even '''more contentious''' subjects for a later date - don't ask).