> jk jimi_ayler at yahoo.com, Tue Nov 23 13:51:57 PST 2004:
>> leftists are gloomy because of the injustice and reactionary
>> expectations of a cowed populace in late "democratic" capitalism.
>
> Are leftists gloomier than rightists or centrists? I've yet to see
> any empirical evidence that justifies the stereotype. No one likes
> doom and gloom more than end-time Christians, some of whom appear to
> be happily in power.
Doom, si. Gloom, no.
John A