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tgwWhale Wrote: Feb 23, 2013 10:29 AM
The essence of conservatism is the trusting of tradition, experience, and history. As such it is close to what the Bible calls "wisdom" and the Western tradition calls "natural law." Whether that defines it as an "ideology" or not, I don't know, But I doubt it.
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soliton2 Wrote: Feb 23, 2013 8:47 AM
What is a "political science professional"? Does that mean you get paid for doing political science?
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Roy323 Wrote: Feb 23, 2013 11:53 PM
soliton2-You ask "What is a 'political scence professional'"? Excellent Question! Does that mean that if I have degrees in Archeology and Anthropology then I am an Archaeologist, right? I DO NOT think so.
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