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[johnny9fingers]

Spent an hour on the 'phone to Stephen as he assisted in helping me find my way through Mother's old computer's file structures looking for the .dbx extentensions. (We may have exchanged pleasantries as well, but for certain types of people Stephen is very very good company.) He has mislaid his old car's documents, and though about to junk the banger, still needs them to inform the authorities. Will add him to my orisons, if that's the word, and ask Old Gods to help out.
I owe him big drinks, and will happily supply him with such.
Chums are so diverse.
Some are similar politically, but many are far from it.
It seems in the nature of friendship that points of similarity are not as important as liking.
I find that on these pages many folk I like are diametrically opposed to me, politically speaking - and I find that such is true of my non-virtual chums.
Speaking of which I also find that people's humour modifies otherwise negative opinions I might hold about their other views - megilothsprings to mind. Perhaps I'm just getting more liberal in my old age.
Radical. Liberal. Conservative.
Left. Centre. Right.
It still amuses me that US opinion regards Liberal as synonymous with Left. In my radical youth it was regarded as being a position of apologists for the Conservatives. In America, it appears, such is not the case. America still seems to have no real Left-Wing politics at all.
When Hillary is regarded as dangerously and extremely Left-Wing what does that make FDR?
As Churchill seems to Americans, many Brits tend to regard FDR as being the great American Statesman (and our salvation to boot when our backs were really up against the wall - we don't feel the same about Stalin, who probably forced the USSR to make as great if not a greater contribution in terms of human resources).
I am beginning to hate all politics, despite being politically inclined. I think people matter more, but then again: politics is people.
Perhaps I just adore paradox. Or perhaps I'm just too tired and stupid to think things through properly anymore.

Comments

[weswilson]

There's something truly facinating about exploring into why people want to help or influence their fellow man. I often make the mistake of thinking someone has thought out their political ideas more than they have, and end up backpeddling when I realize I'm in a dogmatic talking-point discussion. I'm not sure what my facination with politics is, beyond that. I know I was never into politics till around 8 years ago. I actually think it might have been my awareness that George Bush might end up a presidential candidate that tipped it all off...

[megiloth.livejournal.com]

people's humour modifies otherwise negative opinions I might hold about their other views - megiloth springs to mind

Just like a good case of the AIDS, you're catching on :)

Make no mistake aboot it, I'm rather conservative. Sometimes I go a little out on the edge, to the point of falling of the proverbial cliff, but I like to incorporate a sense of humor. At least I find it funny.