Coriolanus

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 12:02 PM 5/31/2002 -0700, Joanna wrote:
Yes, even that "boy of tears," demanded some acknowledgment of his 
dedication to his country. The conflict is still with us: from Americans, 
everything; for Americans, nothing. Americans, after all, are self-made, 
independent individuals. The government may take half of every paycheck, 
but it would be downright communistic to expect anything back.

That is an example of what I call political fundamentalism (or talibanism, 
if you will) - a belief that political institutions and their behavior 
should be understood and judged according to some moral scriptures or 
principles (religious or ideological) rather than explained in terms of 
empirical science.  Hence the black-or-white, good-or-evil 
imagery.  Debating these accounts is pointless, just as it is pointless 
trying to convince a fundamentalist christian or muslim that there is no 
god or allah or any other big santa claus in the sky.

have a nice weekend anyone

wojtek