tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133916536511836970.post5265786328623971432..comments2023-12-10T08:21:16.075+00:00Comments on Religion Law Blog: Oh Liberty, what crimes are committed in thy name Neil Addisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00489922704972084561noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1133916536511836970.post-78675961260130387572014-11-10T22:02:38.299+00:002014-11-10T22:02:38.299+00:00"it [the French Revolution] established the l..."it [the French Revolution] established the legal and institutional blueprint for many other dictatorships in particular that of Lenin and Stalin both of whom were admirers of the Reign of Terror and who followed its example." Not quite: what it did do, was attempt resurrect the ideals of the Roman Republic: later governments simply continued the attempt. Perhaps the rediscovery of pagan literature wasn't the fortuitous event that it was made out to be. When the Popes had pagan literature destroyed (entire libraries) they had good reason to do soGadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07537123281964278798noreply@blogger.com