OK, before I even start. That's 3 incorrect entries already, and as for the latest one, obviously didn't read the book well enough. THE BOURGOISIE IS NOT, I REPEAT NOT!!! THE MIDDLE CLASS. THE BOURGOISIE IS THE UPPER, RULING OR OWNING CLASS. IN MARXIST POLITICS/ECONOMICCS/SOCIOLOGY, THERE ARE 2(TWO) CLASSES-THE PROLETARIAT (THE WORKERS) AND THE BOURGOISIE-(THE OWNERS OF THE COMPANIES/INDUSTRIES THAT THE PROLETARIAT WORK IN), AND NO, I REPEAT NO MIDDLE CLASS. THE BOURGOISIE ARE NOT THE MIDDLE CLASS, THEY ARE THE OWNING OR UPPER CLASS. OK. In a related aside, I looked up 'pastie' in a French/English dictionary yesterday and the closest i could find was 'pastis' meaning 'aniseed aperitif' but also 'muddle, confusion or fix'. Close, maybe... Anyway, I'll come back soon with a nice message to properly introduce myself, but for the moment I was stirred into action by a few people getting a few important details essentially wrong. Cheers, love, GIDEON THOMAS (a name new to the list, but not to B+S) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net -----------------------------------------------------------------------