Poetry and Liberalism

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Poetry and Liberalism

Post by petercowlam » July 5th, 2008, 7:55 am

Recorded at the South Street Studio, and an attempt to say why Liberalism has such a bad press -- at least on the Anglo side of the pond. Go here to listen: http://www.petercowlam.me.uk/poems/index.html

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Post by Lightning Rod » July 5th, 2008, 9:13 am

it's good to hear your voice, peter

I'm hard-pressed to say what liberalism is

Pontius Pilate was a liberal?

Who knows? I think the terms liberal and conservative have a different definition every morning.

I enjoyed the recording.
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Post by petercowlam » July 5th, 2008, 9:51 am

Thanks for that. I'd go along more or less with Alan Paton, who said: “By liberalism I don't mean the creed of any party or any century. I mean a generosity of spirit, a tolerance of others, an attempt to comprehend otherness, a commitment to the rule of law, a high ideal for the worth and dignity of man, a repugnance of authoritarianism and a love of freedom.”

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Post by Doreen Peri » July 8th, 2008, 9:35 pm

Excellent!

Thanks for sharing, Peter! You've got a great voice!

Good to see you here... long time!

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Post by petercowlam » July 9th, 2008, 5:48 am

Great to be back...!

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Post by mtmynd » July 9th, 2008, 11:49 am

hello petercowlam.

perhaps you'd be interested in reading a Sunday Stream I posted a while back -

http://www.studioeight.tv/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=8241

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