From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Mon Jun 06 2005 - 18:45:36 BST
Ian:
> Platt said, quoting you know who ...
>
> "The liberal project of the postwar era has bred a stultifying
> conservatism, a fear of dynamic flexibility, a greater concern for
> guarding what exists than creating what doesn't."
>
> Ian says, that's a critcism of "stultefting conservatism", not
> liberalism or socialism.
> What you fail to do Platt is distinguish between the concept of
> "liberalism" and the label of a "liberal project". And I know you know that
> - which infuriates.
If you read the piece you would know that the author was talking about
left-wing liberalism, i.e., socialism as "stultifying" in practice even
though the theory appeals to many with "good intentions" of which the road
to hell is paved with.
> My appraisal ? Where do you dig up this drivel from Platt ? I only
> read a couple of sentences - then my jaw dropped at the other
> "breaking news" in the side-bar. Do you spend your life searching for
> and ferreting away this partizan political propaganda as amunition -
> in case of opportunties to launch em at people.
The article originally appeared in the NY Times. Glad you identify the
Times as "drivel." I don't trust it as source for news and analysis
either, except in this case I think the author was on target. I will await
Wim's analysis. I referred to the site that picked up the article from
the Times rather than the Times site itself because the Times site
requires that you register in order to read the article. I was trying to
save MD'ers some time and trouble. But, as usual, you searched for
ulterior motives that don't exist.
Platt
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