Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC830713); site klipper.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!mcvax!vu44!botter!klipper!biep From: biep@klipper.UUCP (J. A. "Biep" Durieux) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Re: Obituary Message-ID: <378@klipper.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 10:34:00 EST Article-I.D.: klipper.378 Posted: Mon Dec 3 10:34:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 6-Dec-84 04:58:48 EST References: <658@sjuvax.UUCP> <29200166@uiucdcs.UUCP> Reply-To: biep@klipper.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam Lines: 16 Summary: In article <29200166@uiucdcs.UUCP> renner@uiucdcs.UUCP writes: >(When I say "fascist", I am of course referring to the original meaning >of the word. "Fascist" now only means "bad," and is reserved for those >things not so liberal as the speaker.) Originally, "fascist" meant "wanting to bring back the old greatness of Rome". The word comes from "fascis", a Roman sign of magistratal power. (a bunch of rods with an axe.) -- Biep. {seismo|decvax|philabs}!mcvax!vu44!botter!klipper!biep I utterly disagree with everything you are saying, but I am prepared to fight myself to death for your right to say it. --Voltaire