yes but see .... it's a *bad* thing ;) I am actually quite amused by this conversation. My parents lived in the United States when my dad covered Washington, but the rest of my family is pretty bewildered by US politics ;)
And Blair, well. Sorry, I have an instinct for the sore point sometimes ;) Look on the bright side, at least he didn't introduce torture into the political discourse :) Dana On 8/17/07, Wayne Putterill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Calling me a communist is funny, but please never associate me with the > worst PM the UK has ever had ;) > > I just looked up the definition of Liberal in google - I was interested to > see if it had a different accepted meaning in the USA compared to the UK, > the first part of the definition was: > > broad: showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political > stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant > of his opponent's opinions" > having political or social views favoring reform and progress > tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition > a person who favors a political philosophy of progress and reform and the > protection of civil liberties > That seems pretty spot on to my understanding of the term, is this the > common perception of it's meaning in the US? > > > On 16/08/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > hehe. A Blair Liberal? > > > > On 8/16/07, Wayne Putterill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That's the first time I have ever been described as a communist, it's > > > slightly a bizarre experience :) > > > > > > Maybe I should change my facebook profile from "very liberal"? > > > > > > On 15/08/07, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Isn't the definition of insanity expecting a different result with the > > > > same input? I see that the list just rehashes same arguments over and > > > > over... and the same people join in every time with the same > > positions. I > > > > don't quite get it. Most of us have been here long enough to know what > > most > > > > of us are like, we can just accept it now and move on to more > > interesting > > > > conversation: > > > > > > > > The ultra liberals > > > > ================ > > > > Dana > > > > Larry Lyons > > > > > > > > liberal > > > > ================== > > > > G-Money > > > > > > > > Atheist > > > > ================= > > > > Jim Davis > > > > > > > > ultra-conservative > > > > ==================== > > > > Sam > > > > > > > > libertarian > > > > =================== > > > > Gruss > > > > Tim > > > > > > > > conservative > > > > ==================== > > > > Myself > > > > > > > > Irritating > > > > ================= > > > > Dave I > > > > > > > > Communist > > > > ================= > > > > Wayne Putterill > > > > > > > > High > > > > ================= > > > > Tony > > > > > > > > Incoherent > > > > ===================== > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > If you've been left off the list, my apologies and please continue the > > > > discussion so I can stereotype you. > > > > > > > > - Matt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240616 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
