On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: > Actually, that was probably poor judgement on my behalf to ask this > question. I just hear the terms used by Americans all the time, but we > don't use them here in Oz
You don't? That's interesting. They're very often used in European politics, even in the official names of political parties. The meaning differ from country to country, though. For instance, there is a party in Sweden which name in English translation means "The Left Party", and they are radical socialists, of which some even call themselves communists. At the same time, in Denmark, there is a party which name in English translation also means "The Left", and they are more of classical liberals, an ideology originally considered left but nowadays more often considered to be middle or right on an European scale. I suppose, though, that the Danish left party really whould be considered left on an American scale. "Left" and "right" means quite different things in the US and in Europe, and actually slightly different things in Nothern and Southern Europe as well. anders ------------------------- http://anders.hultman.nu/ med dagens bild och allt!
