Quoting Joe Fatula <fatula3@...>:
> > The former leader of Sweden's Left Party
> > said not too long ago that the difference between the repression of
> women
> in
> > Afghanistan under the Taliban and in Sweden was merely one of degree;
> I'm
> sure
> > she'd deny that there is any difference in kind in what goes on in
> America.
>
> Difference of degree is a substantial difference. I don't think we
> should
> allow businesses to do whatever they want, or else we're back to the
> robber
> barons of the oil and railroad companies. But it's only a difference
> of
> degree leading to complete state control of all business and
> production.
> Quite a substantial difference. (As I'm sure you'd agree.)
Of course a difference in degree can be substantial, and a difference in kind
can be more-or-less unimportant. But I'm nonetheless going to insist that there
was a difference in kind in how women were discriminated against in Taliban
Afghanistan and in Sweden, or the USA for that matter.
[snip]
> > BTW, I'm sure both Nazis and the Taliban would take insult at the
> suggestion
> > that the later continued the former's work.
>
> I'll bet they would. So if you happen to meet any, please tell them I
> said
> it.
I will.
Andreas