Sir Richard Arcos makes an observation
Dr. Langdon is of the opinion that the political term 'left-wing' is a reference to the 'sacred feminine'. Now, I am only a dabbler in all sorts of things, but I think Dr. Langdon must have missed his Political Science lecture on the day when it was explained that left and right wing referred to the placing of the Jacobin and Girondist factions in the first French National Assembly. But then, he is symbologist, not a political scientist. Reading one of Dr. Langdon's books the other day I was rather amused to read the absurd statement that Constantine was baptised on his death-bed, 'when he was too weak to resist.' Is the old mug unaware that the baptiser in this case was not the evil church, but the Arian heretic Eusebius of Nicomedia?
Of which more later, I have to do the work of the Church.
No, not bumping off Dr. Langdon (or even burning his books), interviewing an applicant for membership. Toodle-oo.
[While the post is materially correct, I do not approve of Sir Richard Arcos engaging in personalities. But he can't help that.]
[Sir Richard Arcos is a 'character'. I can vouch for that from the time I helped him to deal with a mysterious murder in London that was connected with my speciality. He speaks his mind.]
[Thank you for the observation on the Left Wing, Sir Richard! So it all goes back to the seating arrangements! Well, I'm not the political sort.]
Of which more later, I have to do the work of the Church.
No, not bumping off Dr. Langdon (or even burning his books), interviewing an applicant for membership. Toodle-oo.
[While the post is materially correct, I do not approve of Sir Richard Arcos engaging in personalities. But he can't help that.]
[Sir Richard Arcos is a 'character'. I can vouch for that from the time I helped him to deal with a mysterious murder in London that was connected with my speciality. He speaks his mind.]
[Thank you for the observation on the Left Wing, Sir Richard! So it all goes back to the seating arrangements! Well, I'm not the political sort.]
posted by Highland Host at
10:31 AM
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Sir Richard Arcos, while labouring under the understandably onerous weight of being a fictional character, is plainly blessed with an incisive mind. Unlike the wallah caling himself bob, who may just be a machine, or may in fact be a figment of my fevered imagination. Anyhow, Sir Richard Arcos is right on both points. Besides, Constantine was not a pagan (I know, this makes me a heretic in some circles), but a confused man who genuinely believed he was a Christian.
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Anonymous, at 10:24 PM
Bob has now been deleted.
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Highland Host, at 10:36 AM
Oh, that said, just to correct any misinterpretations, what Sir Richard Arcos does not mean is that the Girondists sat on the right, and the Jacobins on the left. Both these groups sat on the left. They were radicals (hence left-wing), the monarchists sat on the right, with the moderate mass between them. The film 'Scaramouche' has this, but the seats are arranged in the British adversarial manner, not the semi-circle there wold actually have been.
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