Rhetoric forms a straight line, tactics form a circle. Moderates seldom
use brute force, though "moral persuasion' isn't out of the question,
utopias of any stripe tend to be willing to kill their neighbors to
achieve their utopia.
Fred wrote:
The political spectrum is not a line, it's a circle.
If I'm liberal enough, then I actually become conservative? <scratches
head> I'm not sure how that's supposed to work... ;-)
Think a clock face, with moderates at twelve and dictators of different
political stripes shaking hands over the six.
Some people claim this, but the concept is far from universally accepted.
And, I personally do not see it at all (although I do see that the "simple
straight line" concept is an oversimplification, too).
Fred
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When you're worried or in doubt,
Run in circles, (scream and shout).
