tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14975498.post5597737207944431189..comments2023-04-27T04:52:17.093-06:00Comments on Left Off Colfax: Apples And OrangesOff Colfaxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07159732830654414173noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14975498.post-10757663679755785172007-09-13T00:00:00.000-06:002007-09-13T00:00:00.000-06:00Andrew, you got so close to my point there.Whether...Andrew, you got so close to my point there.<BR/><BR/>Whether the proposals are workable when instituted by reasonable people in Insert-Nation-Here is not the issue. The question is whether or not the comparisons are accurate as a whole. In order for this to be accurate, the political structure and history and electoral makeup should be closely aligned.<BR/><BR/>Sarkozy is to my left when it comesOff Colfaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07159732830654414173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14975498.post-8689310884569532732007-09-11T14:47:00.000-06:002007-09-11T14:47:00.000-06:00I think the comparison is fair. The argument that...I think the comparison is fair. The argument that a proposal is "too far left" or "too far right" is essentially an argument that a proposal is unpractical, unworkable, would have horrible consequences if implimented, or otherwise an idea adopted by people whose politics are so extreme that they are basically mentally unsound.<BR/><BR/>Foreign examples appropriately legitimatize proposals that Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.com