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 From: abelard3@abelard.org 
  
 On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 19:39:29 +0100, roger@hayter.org (Roger Hayter) 
 wrote: 
  
 >The Natural Philosopher  wrote: 
 > 
 >> On 13/10/2019 16:45, Roger Hayter wrote: 
 >> > Dave Plowman (News)  wrote: 
 >> > 
 >> >> In article , 
 >> >>     abelard  wrote: 
 >> >>> On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 13:59:01 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)" 
 >> >>>  wrote: 
 >> >> 
 >> >>>> In article , nightjar 
 >> >>>>     wrote: 
 >> >>>>> As the population ages, it tends to get more right wing, so the ones 
 >> >>>>> that die off are replaced by others and the balance due to age 
 >> >>>>> remains much the same over time. OTOH, there is a generational 
 >> >>>>> effect, with each generation currently tending to be slightly more 
 >> >>>>> left wing than the one before. That means that, although the older a 
 >> >>>>> generation gets the more right wing, on average, it becomes, it 
 >> >>>>> doesn't become quite as right wing as the one before it. 
 >> >>>> 
 >> >>>> Except, of course. for the Tory party. Remember the Heath days? When 
 it 
 >> >>>> was simply right of centre. 
 >> >> 
 >> >>> i fear you don't know your right from your left...or vice versa 
 >> >> 
 >> >> Go on, then. Tell me where I've got it wrong. I take it you think Heath 
 >> >> extreme, then? 
 >> >> 
 >> >> 
 >> >>> wings are not about whether you approve of nationalism 
 >> >>>       or otherwise..that is just  local fad among cult socialists 
 >> >> 
 >> >> Did you actually read Colin's post that I was replying to? 
 >> >> 
 >> >> Nationalism isn't unique to any one party anyway. But the extreme right 
 >> >> tends to attract the nutty side of it. 
 >> > 
 >> > Socialism is by defiinition internationalist.  That is not to say that 
 >> > socialists shouldn't be patriotic and back there own country  in a 
 >> > genuine dispute.  But, whatever it calls itself, a nationalist party is 
 >> > *not* socialist but something else entirely. 
 >> > 
 >> > 
 >> Rubbish 
 > 
 >You say that because you use a crass, simplistic economic definition 
 >socialism that would apply equally to a benevolent absolute monarchy or 
 >even a caliphate. 
  
 and i thought he said it because it is rubbish!! 
  
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