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Unread 03-08-2017, 04:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Ann Drysdale View Post

I freely confess I do not have the political vocabulary or the fiscal nous to discuss this on what many would consider a proper level. I am not even fully clear about Leftliness or Rightitude in this context. I am reduced to my own linguistic devices. I have all my life espoused causes that I truly believed would benefit humanity and the planet we inhabit. I worked in the sixties for the PPF, supporting Greenpeace and the CND. Pretty well everything that I believe in is about to be trampled by a regime whose criteria for excellence I simply do not understand.
You talk on the only level that matters, Ann. All the old categories are nonsense in the face of the age of consequences that is being ushered in by a thirst for criteria that is, in the end, incomprehensible because it ultimately acts against the interests of its shepherds as well. Your "linguistic devices" are a breathable air after the smoke. Thanks.
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