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On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:39:59 -0500, Al <albert.finney000@geemail.coom>
wrote:

>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?

I suspect if I were in a country being oppressed by "capitalists" then
I would damn sure admire the "anti-capitalists."  I have to wonder how
you would have viewed the American Revolution had you been present in
those days.  Well, actually I don't care, but you get my point, or,
more likely, you don't.