>This is the kind of thing that Carrol has been pointing out here
>forever. Many leftwing people like to apply the term "fascist"
>to all sorts of governments and political movements that they
>find repulsive but this strips the term of any useful scientific
>meaning, so that it becomes little more than a political
>swear word.
Will swear words do then? As I recall the discussion on 'defining fascism' didn't result in any answers on what to call bastards with power ..in terms of using 'short, sharp words'. Are we then left with writing long descriptive sentences (which I dont think is a very economical use of space on a discussion list).
Brenda