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Thu 18 Nov, 2004 03:48 pm
My wife has never been into politics, but today she asked me what the difference was between left wing and right wing, and how they got those names.
So I thought a moment and said, "'Right' actually means 'correct,' and it's called that because that portion of the population chose all of the correct stances. 'Left' refers to the second group, which basically just picked all of the view points that were left over after the all of the correct ones has been chosen."
I thought it was a pretty good answer. Can any of you think of a better way to define the difference?
Dang, how old is your wife?
Age has nothing to do with politics.
Did your wife somehow avoid an education?
Every bird needs both wings to fly.
Re: Left Wing Vs. Right Wing
SCoates wrote:I thought it was a pretty good answer. Can any of you think of a better way to define the difference?
"Right" is wrong. Those that are "left" pick up the pieces.
It comes out of the French Revolution. In the revolutionary assembly the radicals set on the left side of the room, the conservatives on the right... hence the terms left (liberal) right (conservative).
ebrown_p wrote:Did your wife somehow avoid an education?
She knows how she feels on each issue. What does it profit her to know how those issues are labeled?
Sorry, Acquiunk, it's much older than that:
when Hannibal crossed the Alps at 218 BC, his elephant squadrons were on the right site, while the donkey riders ...
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