| | There are broad socio-political movements, some stridently ideological, some born of the practical necessity of the moment, with only an ideological veneer. Individuals can be hard to assign a category. Robespierre may be an excellent example. He opposed leftist anarchy & rightist restoration, yet understood society needed a political foundation. All the moderate-centrists of today would be offended to have Robespierre in their midst, but that's what he may well be, a centrist-terrorist, if there is such a thing, born of the practical necessity of his time (without forgiving him), of recognizing the need for some kind of order, and not being burdened with ideological inconsistencies. | | There are broad socio-political movements, some stridently ideological, some born of the practical necessity of the moment, with only an ideological veneer. Individuals can be hard to assign a category. Robespierre may be an excellent example. He opposed leftist anarchy & rightist restoration, yet understood society needed a political foundation. All the moderate-centrists of today would be offended to have Robespierre in their midst, but that's what he may well be, a centrist-terrorist, if there is such a thing, born of the practical necessity of his time (without forgiving him), of recognizing the need for some kind of order, and not being burdened with ideological inconsistencies. |
| − | :This is good stuff, Rob, but I think you can see know that our task is almost hopeless at this point. We should first define and explain the building blocks before trying to describe the architecture of the building (let alone try to account for the twisted mess of debris resulting from the building's collapse. ;-) Do you know anything about [[Hellenism]] or [[Hebraism]]? How about the [[Renaissance]] and the [[Reformation]]? | + | :This is good stuff, Rob, but I think you can see know that our task is almost hopeless at this point. We should first define and explain the building blocks before trying to describe the architecture of the building (let alone try to account for the twisted mess of debris resulting from the building's collapse. ;-) Do you know anything about [[Hellenism]] or [[Hebraism]]? How about the [[Renaissance]] and the [[Reformation]]? --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 15:09, 11 April 2007 (EDT) |