<<one should not confuse "chosen" with "vanguard"....>> Can you explain the difference? Isn't a vanguard (say, the Leninist vanguard) simply a secularized version of the chosen people idea? To say that the Fascists, or the Marxist-Leninists are THE HISTORICAL force which are destined to rule society--- how does that differ substantially from the chosen people concept? Wei ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com