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   jan.vindheim@gmail.com to Pete Bayle   
   Re: Bush reporting for neo-fascist duty.   
   02 Aug 04 23:24:49   
   
   Pete Bayle  wrote:   
      
   > jan.vindheim@gmail.com (jan bojer vindheim) wrote   
   > > Pete Bayle  wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > It seems to me that caring about the poor and distrusting power   
   > > > is not enough to make up a "radical sensibility".   
   > >   
   > > There is no canonical definiton of the concept   
   > > but hating imperialism comes to mind as a constituent   
   > > after reading Burmese days   
   >   
   > I do agree with your general point, but it isn't unambiguous.   
   >   
   > For example, AFAIK both Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt   
   >  "hated imperialism". Are they radicals?   
      
   there is significant difference between a necessary constituent and a   
   sufficient constituent.   
      
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