Dear whatmore;) Here is more to your query:) The gray matter thats visible in the heads of both aisles is neither black nor white.The rational human mind embraces moderate views in general.Nonetheless,without movements societies ceases to evolve and renew itself.Liberalism(not to be confused with Tony Blair's liberalism that has betrayed its path by compromising with Pat Robertson's christian conservatism) may sound radical at times but in its absence Frenchs wouldnot have had an oppurtunity getting glimpse of enlightenment.Radical views have evolved into conservative ideas centuries later but it is a human duty to doubt the established social norms.Revolutions in the past that have catered a sound and just society is an example of doubts not submission. Conservative church authorities like Hindu fanatics(the extremists)to guard their status in the social ladder enforce conservatism with feared blindedness resisting change.But liberalism on the other hand find its sacred duty to question that plague called mute blindedness with reason.Religion is not opium but religion in an absence of logic is worst than opium.Where are thirty-three carore divine gods when more than half of the population is struggling to merely survive?Where are countless incarnations when a neighbor of yours picks up arms to fight against you?Where are they probably in the minds of millenium old school of thoughts that once condemned Buddha for speaking the truth supported by reasons? A sentient being can never be an incarnation of lord never period!Monarchies have renewed their image in the recent past not because this is a different century but because they realized blind worship with no firm foundation crumbles from within!