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Originally Posted by _Z_
hi seattlegal
i don’t know!  i thought it just made us different rather than lesser or better? by dangerous what do you mean? i think i am balanced ~ or at least i did  |
Oh, just losing touch with reality, perhaps even becoming an irrational religious or political radical (notice how the word "radical" is even derived from the word "root?")
From
Online Etymology Dictionary:
radical
1398 (adj.), in a medieval philosophical sense, from L.L. radicalis "of or having roots," from L. radix (gen. radicis) "root" (see radish). Meaning "going to the origin, essential" is from 1651. Political sense of "reformist" (via notion of "change from the roots") is first recorded 1802 (n.), 1820 (adj.), of the extreme section of the British Liberal party (radical reform had been a current phrase since 1786); meaning "unconventional" is from 1921. U.S. youth slang use is from 1983, from 1970s surfer slang meaning "at the limits of control." Radical chic is attested from 1970.
There are some interesting Old Testament references to "root," if you sift through them. (Root of bitterness in Deuteronomy 29 and Root of rottenness in Isaiah 5 are especially interesting.)
simple search for "root" in Old Testament