posted 22 April 2003 11:37 PM
Conservatism can and does stand on its own merits without qualifying adjectives. See how the problem is framed and answered by the late Russell Kirk: "The totalists say that the old order is a corpse, and that man and society must be fashioned afresh, in grim fashion, upon a grim plan....Among us there are still men and women who know what makes life worth living-enough of them to keep out the modern barbarian, if they are resolute"
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Gir Draxon
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posted 23 April 2003 12:47 AM
Is that all? It would be nice if you provided a link...
And besides, this sounds like paleo-con rhetoric with a hint of ethnocentricism. There are many good commentaries on the conservative side, this just isn't one of them.
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posted 23 April 2003 10:01 AM
"The neo-cons say that the old order is a corpse, and that man and society must be fashioned afresh, in grim fashion, upon a grim plan... Among us there are still men and women who know what makes life worth living -- enough of them to keep out the modern robber barons, if they are resolute."
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Barry Stagg
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posted 23 April 2003 10:23 AM
Kirk LinkTry the concept of valuing the practices and achievements of the past in lieu of a self-centred conceit holding that only the newly coined is true: Avoid the grim plan .
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posted 22 April 2003 11:37 PM
