From: Ian Glendinning (ian@psybertron.org)
Date: Tue Jan 18 2005 - 17:21:27 GMT
Mark, I feel we're getting somewhere
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terms are meaningless without context
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Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Steven Heyman" < >
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Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 3:32 PM
Subject: Re: MD The Long & Winding Road
> On 17 Jan 2005 at 17:01, Platt Holden wrote:
>
> platt to msh:
> I notice that, like Ted Kennedy, you call yourself a "progressive"
> rather than a "liberal." But, as long as you sign off, "Your leftist
> friend," I really have no cause for complaint. "A rose my any other
> name . . ."
>
> msh asks:
> Kennedy, a progressive thinker? Are you sure he didn't say
> "progressive drinker"? Whenever a politically powerful multi-
> millionaire tells you he's doing some progressive thinking it's time
> to check your wallet.
>
> Just goes to show, people can call themselves whatever they want. As
> Matt Poot suggested, these terms are meaningless without context. By
> Rupert Murdoch's standards, Kennedy, who's never had to work a day in
> his life, is a wild-eyed commie.
>
> Later,
> Mark Steven Heyman (msh)
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