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Originally posted by Rat Faced@26 October 2003 - 18:57
J2k4
I dont think its the "non transferability" of views, so much as language.
There is a definite "Left" and "Right" with descernable points, that can be transfered to describe the politics of differing countries.
It is the definition of the terms themselves which mean different things in different countries, this causes confusion and mis-communication.
eg
"Left" for you = Democrat.
"Left" and "Liberal" seem to be the same... again to you.
To me a "Democrat" (US Political Party) is not "Left", although it is a lot closer to "Left" than the "Republican" party in the USA.
As predominantly the posters in this thread appear to speak Englsh as a 1st language, i dread to think what non-English speakers make of it.
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Maybe its time to argue out some definitions, for use in this Forum...
It would be Ironic to find out that some people that are at each others throats, may just be arguing over symantics (although i very much doubt it)
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Setting terms would be a worthy endeavor, though fraught with difficulty.