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Sat 17 Mar, 2012 09:44 pm
Does " as despotic, as wicked" mean "as despotic as (that of the religious intolerance ), as wicked as (that of the religious intolerance )"?
Context:
Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty and even life itself are but dreary things. And let us reflect that, having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained little if we countenance a political intolerance as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions. During the throes and convulsions of the ancient world, during the agonizing spasms of infuriated man, seeking through blood and slaughter his long-lost liberty, it was not wonderful that the agitation of the billows should reach even this distant and peaceful shore; that this should be more felt and feared by some and less by others, and should divide opinions as to measures of safety.
@oristarA,
despotic means to act as a tyrant...or as a dictator.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/despotic
@oristarA,
Those are only connected in that they describe "political intolerance".
"as despotic" - acting like a despot government, all the power in the hands of a few who wield it for their own benefit.
"as wicked" - evil
@engineer,
engineer wrote:
Those are only connected in that they describe "political intolerance".
"as despotic" - acting like a despot government, all the power in the hands of a few who wield it for their own benefit.
"as wicked" - evil
So, such depiction ("as despotic, as wicked") is not involved with the comparison between religious intolerance and political intolerance?
It only depicts the latter?
@oristarA,
The religious intolerance that used to be prevalent was despotic and wicked, we should be thankful it's gone. If we're not careful, the current political intolerance could prove every bit as despotic and wicked, as the religious intolerance that occured previously.
It's not very well written, I was thinking of simplicity above all.
I think this is something particular to America, where political opinion seems to be a lot more polarised than in Europe.
@McTag,
Succinct and eloquent at the same time, Sire.
@JTT,
Thank you kindly. One does one's best.
Sometimes the spaces between the notes are as important as the notes themselves.
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