Am I Apolyton's Only Conservative?

[Asher]

Originally posted by Adalbertus
I've heard there was some parliament (don't know which one) where left people were sitting on the left and right people sitting on the right side. And I think in many parliaments today it's simply the case.

It was your parliament, actually.

The more logical solution would be to call the right party right since they are right, and the left is simply the opposite of right, right?

[notyoueither]

And you thought my question too obvious KH.

[Kropotkin]

Originally posted by nationalist
I have read some of your threads, and I don't think that we agree on too many things.

Good, then there might be hope for you

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by notyoueither
Did they advocate a specific policy?

Yes. Politics was rather one-dimensional there...

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Adalbertus


I've heard there was some parliament (don't know which one) where left people were sitting on the left and right people sitting on the right side. And I think in many parliaments today it's simply the case

One would have thought that the French Revolution would be well-covered in France...

[notyoueither]

Ummmm. Geee. Alex. Can I pick Republicans for $100?

[KrazyHorse]

I'd rather cover Monarchists.

[notyoueither]

Kind of hard since the monarchy was abolished on the first day of the Convention's meeting. The Republic was proclaimed some 4 days later.

[KrazyHorse]

Yes, but they were still there...

The furthest right delegates were arguing for a restoration until it actually happened 30 years later (although they were rather subdued after 1792-3)...

[Ned]

Lincoln, by today's standards, was an extreme right wing Christian lunatic, and the best President this country has ever had.

Ned

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Adalbertus


As being more a fan of Civ2 and SMACX, I will exert my own ZOC from now on. There will be no way to pass me. I will not shoot anybody. You simply cannot pass me.

MrFun: How about separating the notions of extremist and radical, extremist being defined as persuing one certain view to the extreme and radical being defined as a lack of respect for any other view? In this view, Gandhi would be extremist but not radical, LePen extremist and radical, and a hypothetical supporter of Tony Blair who (the supporter) doesn't allow any other opinion than Blair's as radical but not extremist.

Hey, that's a good point.

I believe that the modern political spectrum began to develop from the French Revolution, and then continued onwards from the good ol' days of Napolean.

[Caligastia]

I can be conservative on certain issues, but there are plenty of issues in which I lean to the left.

I dont support affirmative action or reparations for slavery, but I am pro-choice and want drug laws to be changed.

I woud be libertarian if I didnt have such a fascination for eugenics and racial differences.

[Ecthy]

Albert Speer, you're not Apolyton's only conservative, in fact we've got quite a few of them.

You're just Apolyton's only Nazi

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by Albert Speer
Newsmax is too extreme for my tastes... I just want to kno why the Apolyton Old Guard has turned libertarian...

Morality can't be legislated.

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
Morality can't be legislated.

Sure it can. We do it all the time.