If I understand you right my answer is this: I tend to lose a bit of respect for a theorist who won't take some sort of responsibility for those putting of his theories into practice. Lawrence _____ From: lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:lit-ideas-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Simon Ward Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 1:54 PM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Fukuyama and the End of... well... Lawrence: Since [Fukuyama's] End of History is theory I can't insist that a policy I think logically follows from it ought to have his blessing. He intended it to be a prediction of the future and never intended it to be policy that should be implemented. Simon asks: What are the possible policy implications of a theoretical tendancy?