tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post113226258557554078..comments2024-03-26T15:57:13.443+00:00Comments on On An Overgrown Path: 'Tis the gift to be freeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1132392241649477052005-11-19T09:24:00.000+00:002005-11-19T09:24:00.000+00:00MK - I guess I now view myself as a global citizen...MK - I guess I now view myself as a global citizen, and it is global politics, rather than US or UK, that appal me.<BR/><BR/>Clearly the McCarthy era was a terrible one, but so was that of Stalin. My <I>overgrown path</I> writing is a personal voyage of discovery about these times, and I hope also sometimes for my readers.<BR/><BR/>Increasingly I learn not to be judgemental about single episodes, I do despair about the fallibility of the human race in general, but I am also reassured by its ability to regenerate.<BR/><BR/>So in a couple of days I am off to visit that symbol of regeneration where fascism and democracy, and subsequently capitalism and communism collided head on - Berlin.Pliablehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10616598845886342325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8060605.post-1132375614596650102005-11-19T04:46:00.000+00:002005-11-19T04:46:00.000+00:00Horay for republicans! horay for the 50s! oh, they...Horay for republicans! horay for the 50s! oh, they were <I> marvelous </I> times. <BR/><BR/>Why doesnt this sting the republicans more? especially since so many dogmatic republicans in america actually openly <I> defend </I> mccarthy and his actions. Does american politics appaul you in the UK as it does us americans? <BR/><BR/>-m. keiserAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com