tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952289.post7276746794484320628..comments2023-09-27T14:44:36.183+01:00Comments on Gnaws: Another one bites the dustUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952289.post-88378548382155341502011-10-21T19:08:00.296+01:002011-10-21T19:08:00.296+01:00You're right on the hypocrisy of course.You're right on the hypocrisy of course.Archdruid Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849759985107161674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952289.post-80807673902643144452011-10-21T19:07:45.016+01:002011-10-21T19:07:45.016+01:00To be honest it's hard to say what Gaddafi was...To be honest it's hard to say what Gaddafi was, he was a Pan-African, Arabist, "Socialist" - you're right in that he then went on to impose some strict Islamic rules.<br /><br />Blair - "we don't do God".Archdruid Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849759985107161674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952289.post-18038383478677659182011-10-21T09:30:22.360+01:002011-10-21T09:30:22.360+01:00AE, I was really aiming this post at the hypocrisy...AE, I was really aiming this post at the hypocrisy of the individuals but since you mention their political landscapes. I think it would be fair to say that you and I may have a different definition of "secular". I agree some elements of their governments were secular others weren't, for example I still believe that we (UK) don't live in a properly secular society, it's certainly more secular than Libya was but there are still concessions to what I would call superstition camouflaged as tradition.Steve Borthwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361597018502017407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34952289.post-29655385937030037322011-10-20T22:14:43.475+01:002011-10-20T22:14:43.475+01:00Would agree that "it means just as much"...Would agree that "it means just as much" to both of them. Both were still fundamentally secular rulers though, whoever they called in as backup.Archdruid Eileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11849759985107161674noreply@blogger.com