Vadim Vygonets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  Quoth Evgeny Stambulchik on Tue, Jan 21, 2003:
>  > Hmm, depends what is a "revolutionary". Either
>  > 
>  > a) an author/follower/supporter of a revolutionary idea/theory
>  > 
>  > or
>  > 
>  > b) a person who implements an idea by "revolutionary" (read here: brute 
>  > force, terror,...) methods
>  > 
>  > I personally believe that only the first definition is justified. People 
>  > from the second type should be called by their proper name: extremists. 
>  > However, since extremists of all flavours (mostly from red to brown, with 
>  > some amount of green added lately) tend to call themselves 
>  > "revolutionaries", the term became ambiguous in the XX century.
>  
>  Which one of these definitions does Lenin fall under?

?! b), of course. Why would somebody in a sane mind dispute this nowadays?

Regards,

Evgeny

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