Pete Bayle  wrote:   
      
   > I was making a point that anti-imperialism wasn't always considered as   
   > obvious and important as it seems to "radicals" today.   
   >   
   > And also point out that "anti-imperialism" has often been a cover for   
   > myriad ills that have been excused by radicals over the 20th century.   
   > See Camus v Sartre and the sane v the Maoists for more recent   
   > examples.   
   >   
   > Thereby questioning it's centrality in a "radical" mindset in a   
   > western democracy.   
      
   What are you driving at here?   
      
   Orwell was a lifelong radical, albeit an individualistic one, certainly   
   not a maoist or its predecessor - a stalinist.   
      
   My point was that Orwell radicalism shows up in Burmese Days as   
   antiimperialism. Later I added that antiimperialism is part of any   
   radical sensibility.   
      
   I never claimed that any antiimperialist has to be a radical,   
   nor do I feel like discussing such a statement.   
      
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