"Quantum Politics"... what a delicisous concept!
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On 12/10/2003 at 5:58 PM andrew fildes wrote:
>Wanna bet?
>We in Oz have to make a distinction between large 'L' Liberal meaning
>the Liberal Party who are the equivalent of the British Conservatives
>and not of the British Liberals who are what we call small 'L'
>liberal and who are represented here by the Australian Democrats
>based on the liberal social principles of a political philosopher
>like J.S. Mill who the Americans would call libertarian as they think
>liberal is left-wing which is more the province of the Labor Party
>anywhere else and certainly not an insult anywhere else. Got that?
>There'll be a test next week.
>Now you wonder why we shouldn't talk politics? Because we would have
>no idea what we're saying to each other. To me a Berkeley Liberal is
>a rational Tory - an oxymoron if EVER I heard one.
>AndrewF
>(no observer is unbiased - a principle of Quantum Politics).
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>>>(In Oz, where the Liberal Party IS the right wing party)....
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>>Can't be more convoluted than Canadian parties. I'll give you a synopsis
>>since I am an unbiased observer from a foreign country ;>) Let's see,
>>The Liberals aren't liberal, at least not in BC. The Alliance wasn't
>>allied until this week and now they are just confused. The Progressives
>>are about the opposite of progressive, even more so if they ally with
>>the Alliance. That leaves the NDP, definitely not "new" anything.
>>Anyone hear from them lately?
>>
>>Mike
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