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  • LevContributorIn Defense of the Catholic Clergy (Or Do We Want Another Reign of Terror?)

    04/11/2010 6:41:59 AM PDT · by mgist · 7 replies · 401+ views
    Politics Daily ^ | 3/10/10 | Lev
    In 1790, most of the world was congratulating France for what seemed like a successfully completed revolution. The hated King had been brought to heel, and change had swept through an oppressed nation, offering hope for a brighter future under better government.Newspapers, then coming into their own, proclaimed the dawn of a new era of peace and prosperity while proto-pundits compared the change of rule to England's Glorious Revolution of 1688. One observer however, English statesman Edmund Burke, wasn't fooled by the triumphant images produced by revolutionary PR teams; he saw gathering clouds for the darkest storm yet. His first...