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Santa Claus, is that you? The tooth fairy, maybe? Nope, hold onto your hats -- it's Mindles* H. Dreck!

(*sic)

I hope you're not due back at the graveyard anytime soon. We need you around here more often.

Is not minding your own business a "left wing"thing?

Is making the personal political also a "left wing thing"?

Well I think so.

Jogging is a very American thing, being a physical activity directed at self-improvement, and therefore codes as "right wing" in France. Funnily enough, in America, jogging is vaguely lefty, since it's health-oriented. Conservatives either (i) drink whiskey and don't worry about their bodies or (ii) don't drink whiskey, since their church frowns on it, in which case they still don't worry about their bodies.

I am guessing that Finkelkraut's ancestors were such pests that the Germans left them in France when they retreated.

French people suck.

y81- I'd add that they (iii) Drink whiskey and work hard, so they're in better shape anyways.

(My dad's worked on a ranch since he got out of the Army-- A doctor thought he was lying about his age, he's in such good shape.)

y81- I'd add that they (iii) Drink whiskey and work hard, so they're in better shape anyways.

(My dad's worked on a ranch since he got out of the Army-- A doctor thought he was lying about his age, he's in such good shape.)

I profiled Finkielkraut at a previous job. (It's not on-line.)

He is the French equivalent of a neoconservative. He was a Marxist during the 1960s as a student (then again who wasn't?) but came to his senses with age. He became solidly anti-Communist.

Jewish in an ethnic and cultural sense, Finkielkraut is an atheist, a militant secularist (hence his support for banning religious symbols such as the Muslim scarf in public schools), and a champion of Enlightenment values (which, in some contemporary left-wing circles, can be seen as right-wing). He opposes multiculturalism.

Of course, he will shun the conservative, neoconservative, or right-wing labels.

A number of his books have been translated into English, and they are worth reading.

Allow me to add even though I may recommend some of Finkielkraut's books, I don't share his opinion of jogging or other issues. (I write as a non-jogger.)

Please post more often, Mindles.

If jogging were right-wing, I'd have the body of Brad Pitt instead of Homer Simpson....doh!

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'Is not minding your own business a "left wing"thing?

Is making the personal political also a "left wing thing"?

Well I think so.'Posted by frank martin

Yes, just look at the damn religious lefties trying to run everyone's sex life, and the way the lefties kept making political hay out of the last president's sex life.

"Speaking from personal experience, distance running can be an extremely meditative, nearly out-of-body experience."

Physical exhaustion can produce chemicals that inhibit subconcious thoughts. This allows (or forces) you to focus specifically on your present, concious thoughts. Many competitive chess players spend more time on physical training than they do on chess. The drawback is that subconcious thoughts have their purposes - they aren't just there to annoy us.