DM> business.  The family itself is the prime ideology of our species. When
 DM> ideology breaks down we have chaos.
 JB> [snip]
 FM> Victims of the holocaust or of the Gulag (described by Solzhenitzen)
 FM> would certainly be wide-eyed at such a benign definition.  See my
 FM> response in a longer message.
 JB> Your logic seems to me to be similar to those who object to hand guns.
 JB> They associate the use of hand guns with murder responding by outlawing
 JB> hand guns.  However, they forget "guns" can be used for "good" as in
 JB> defeat of Germany, Iraq, self defense, etc. Perhaps, ideology, much like
 JB> hand guns, isn't necessarily "bad", unless used inappropiately,
 JB> Holocaust, or in the case of hand guns, murder. I am not sure, I like
 JB> this analogy, but I hope it expresses the central point.
   I honestly don't know how to respond to this.  A "gun" is NOT an ideology.
Nor am I suggesting laws to ban either.  
   It's very important as even the NRA acknowledges to understand a gun.  For
a philosopher, it is my strong contention that it is EVEN MORE important to
understand the full nature of ideology.  Guns can be neutral.  Ideologies
CANNOT!!!  The very NATURE of an Ideology is to drive toward an Orwellian
political structure.  One firm definition of an ideology is that it DOES NOT
DESIRE OR BEAR QUESTIONING. It is the TOTAL answer to any question that might
arise. 
Sincerely, 
                                     Frank
                                                                              
                                                       
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