On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:10:30 -0600, you wrote:
Yes, I mean democratic socialism or social democracy, not totalitarian movements which adopt some socialist elements or label themselves socialist while butchering millions. Of course they don't label themselves totalitarian.
It's not the first time I've come across Sam's line of reasoning. Saying that socialists were racist because the National Socialist German Workers Party were racist is about as valid as saying that democracies and republics are all police states because the German Democratic Republic was a police state. It is an absurd and easily demolished inference.
I have more of a problem with those whose decision to believe in literal biblical inerrancy leads them to conclude that any evidence which is not superficially consistent with the King James Version is therefore wrong, and who edit accordingly. Not that Sam is necessarily one such, but his contentious edits to Human and other articles do indicate a viewpoint at odds with informed scientific opinion on this. The fact that many Americans agree is not really persuasive, since a goodly number also apparently believe that Elvis is still alive. Guy (JzG)