(January 3, 2009 at 9:19 pm)Eilonnwy Wrote: Liberal doesn't equal socialist. But then again, I have to wonder, where are you from? It occurs to me that what's considered to be strong liberalism here can be considered fairly conservative in Europe so that might be where our hangup is.
E, I'm from the merseyside area of the uk,where there is a strong socialist tradition. To me, being a leftie actually infers being a socialist/ communist ( no shades of grey allowed! ).
Being right-wing infers being conservative/fascist.
Hovering around the centre infers a reluctance to owning up to whichever position to the right or left is more comfortable.
The big problem over here now is that the 3 major political parties all occupy the centre-ground so it really doesnt matter which one is in power...they are all signed up to the capitalist agenda.
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
