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In article <bb9rd39i7g7vubmqgl7eimnk4bnj72vh68@4ax.com>,
 felton <felton@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:14:41 -0500, Al <albert.finney000@geemail.coom>
> wrote:
> 
> >In article <c71rd35c1fnkp0c9gf5fokevdk3k0fvs07@4ax.com>,
> > felton <felton@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 10:22:22 -0500, Al <albert.finney000@geemail.coom>
> >> wrote:
> >> 
> >> >In article <snsqd3lf5ahsggb5809r44u93tg34ruuuc@4ax.com>,
> >> > felton <felton@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:59:06 -0500, Al <albert.finney000@geemail.coom>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> 
> >> >> >In article <hugpd35lio3f4s4de3c3qp384v7h7nogsd@4ax.com>,
> >> >> > felton <felton@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 10:30:30 -0500, "Chris" 
> >> >> >> <vscooternospam@copper.net>
> >> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> >http://www.politicalcompass.org/
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >No cheating Steve..... 
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> -3.62, -3.64
> >> >> >> 
> >> >> >> I seem to be in the Gandhi, Nelson Madela neighborhood.  Pretty good
> >> >> >> company, I would say:)
> >> >> >
> >> >> >An unwashed pacifist who reccomended the jews commit mass suicide and 
> >> >> >a 
> >> >> >failed "statesman" and racialist who praised communism and 
> >> >> >dictatorships 
> >> >> >while his country became the most dangerous place on the planet.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Yikes.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >I guess it's all in the perspective.
> >> >> 
> >> >> It would seem so.  Both of them are considered great men
> >> >
> >> >By some - primarily ardent leftists.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> thoughout the
> >> >> world
> >> >
> >> >The world of leftism.
> >> >
> >> >> and you are still cheerleading for GWB.  I guess it is all in
> >> >> the perspective.
> >> >
> >> >You can simply leave GWB out of this, your endorsement of leftist 
> >> >heroes. Leftist heroes also include, in no particular order, Fidel, 
> >> >Hugo, Saddam, Lenin, Marx....
> >> 
> >> Only Steve could find a way to link Nelson Mandela and Gandhi to
> >> Saddam.  Deep thinking at work.  I am sure he was in the lower left
> >> hand quadrant of that graph.
> >
> >Your reaction is amusing.
> >
> <snip...bullshit overload>
> 
> >> >Great company you keep, Felton, old boy.
> >> 
> >> Your straw man production is working overtime, it seems.  I don't
> >> recall seeing your results.   Is there a reason for that?:) 
> >
> >
> >I didn't take the silly test, I already know what I am and where I 
> >stand, 
> 
> Yes, so do we all.  The only thing you don't wish to face is who else
> shares your views.  Hint: it won't be pretty, Adolf:)

No-one in this NG, which is a real heartbreaker.

> 
> >and in this case concerning Mandela and Ghandi - the people *you* 
> >referenced which you now claim are *my* strawmen - my positon is based 
> >on *knowledge of the subject*, and in my experience, admirers of these 
> >two are either committed leftists or ignorant of facts (not mutually 
> >exclusive, I assure you).
> 
> Actually I was referring to the Saddam, Marx, et al that you seem to
> equate with Mandela and Gandhi.  I am sure it makes perfect sense to
> you as you have labeled them "facts" and we all know that you are
> master of your own reality.

Mandela was a marxist, Gahndi was a quasi-marxist and a cultist, Mandela 
opposed the confrontations with Iraq on racialist grounds, and was an 
admirer of communism and communist dictatorships.

How many other ardent communists do you enjoy the "company" of? Or, do 
you just instinctively admire anyone who holds anti-capitalist and 
anti-western views?