2008/7/13 Andrew Gray <shimgray(a)gmail.com>om>:
There isn't anything particularly contentious
about this, and I can
see why it got chosen - it's the generally accepted linkage, socialism
and related leftish philosophies of all stripes, light and heavy, are
almost invariably seen as "red".
Yes. The American convention, with Republican as red and Democrat as
blue, is odd in the international context.
- d.