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I didn't say "we should invite", I said, "should not forbid". Nuance. The left cannot do un-nice things - not publicly, anyway. Well, could not do. Left changed too, just as did the Right - they all go to the centre.

I wanted to point to the compassion string in leftwing ideology.

I can agree with your statement about the moral ground, though.

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by ValentinD (walentijn arobase free spot frança) on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 04:06:33 PM EST
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I didn't say "we should invite", I said, "should not forbid".

A distinction without meaning. A clearly articulated policy of "I do not forbid you from entering my home" is not materially different from a clearly articulated policy of "I invite you into my home." The style is a bit more convoluted and a bit less polite, but materially it is the same policy.

I can agree with your statement about the moral ground, though.

Where do you see our moral high ground? The principle of sovereignty? National self-determination? Fairness?

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 06:34:23 PM EST
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My distinction is neither polite or impolite.
I said that the Left seems to tend to compassionateness, and would never issue statements, as one implying they would be against, say, immigrants.

I don't think we have a moral high ground. I didn't say we have one either. We could discuss whether our civilization is more advanced, but moral high ground?... Naah.

Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last! (Martin Luther King)

by ValentinD (walentijn arobase free spot frança) on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 06:40:13 PM EST
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Sorry. I misread.

Preview is my friend :-P

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Tue Nov 18th, 2008 at 06:49:32 PM EST
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