On 27 Jul 2003 23:36:40 -0700, dvdfan9@hotmail.com  ...
>
>Kevin Gowen wrote:
>> Patrick EMIN wrote:
>>
>>>There is a difference though between the way french can be cynical
>>>and the way the US government is. Thanks to a long tradition of human
>>>right respect in France dating back to the "Siècle des Lumières",
>> 
>> I am pretty sure Maximilien Robespierre was around during the siecle
>> des lumieres. How can I say "La Terreur" in English?
>
>The English term describing the hijacking of an immature political
>system by extremist individuals pushing a paranoid agenda is
>"McCarthyism."

can I insert the word "personal"?

The English term describing the hijacking of an immature political
system by extremist individuals pushing a personal paranoid agenda is
"McCarthyism."

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