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[James Dasher <jdasher AT ibiblio.org>]

On Nov 8, 2004, at 9:24 AM, Michael Czeiszperger wrote:

> On Nov 8, 2004, at 7:34 AM, James Dasher wrote:
>
> > That's true.  But those unelectable people were very religious, and 
> > very Republican.  And the "better a war than two nations with 
> > slavery" faction is ... well, they might not have called it 
> > "right-wing" back then, but we'd be calling them war-mongering 
> > right-wingers today.
>
> I don't think the modern terms "Republican" and "religious" and 
> "right-wing" as we know it apply to a totally different time period 
> and culture.  History can only be understood in its own context, not 
> as cardboard cutout stand-ins.

I agree with the last half of your second sentence.  But I'm not sure 
what you mean by the rest of it.

Well, I have a notion, but I'd rather not make assumptions.  (When you 
do, you make an ass of u and ... umptions. :)


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