Steven wrote: > ...I've had the rare luxury of experiencing a number of > interesting world cultures and POVs.
Ah, this must be why you consistently fail to grasp the concepts of Privileged Nation/Life form/Planet! Michel P.S. Thanks for the lost Douglas Adams manuscript :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "OrionWorks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 11:04 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Creationism (was Re:OT: periodic table) > Thomas sez: > >> OrionWorks wrote: >> >> >Thomas sez: >> > >> >>The discussion in question was on the Wall Builders, all one >> >> >> >>I suspect many progressives have difficulty following the logic >> >>attributed to comments such as "...a biblically based legal system is >> >>superior to all others." from the very next comment where "Supremacy, >> >>based on religion" is associated with the "reign of the Taliban." >> >> > >> Well, when you find another nation, where you are freer and richer than >> we are, let me know. > > I've read your reply several times and I have yet to adequately > comprehend what it might be that you're really asking me to clarify > for your benefit. It might be due to the possibility that IMO, you > haven't adequately comprehended the ramifications of what it is that > you're really asking of me. > > Nevertheless, I'll give it a try. > > My childhood was spent growing up in Japan, Formosa, Guam, and El > Salvador. I've had the rare luxury of experiencing a number of > interesting world cultures and POVs. > > I eventually came to live in Madison Wisconsin back around 1967. I > like living in Madison, Wisconsin. I like to think that we Madisonians > are located reasonably close within the heartland of the good'ol USA. > Truth of the matter is that since my 1967 transplant I have felt no > pressing desire to once again uproot myself, to re-experience the rich > tapestries of other countries. Maybe I just hate to travel > extensively. In any case, it's probably an admission of ignorance on > my part for there are several countries, particularly in the European > commonwealth that would likely dispute your conviction on the matter > of who is truly "freer" and "richer". > > Complicating matters, an incomprehensible irony often lost within the > personal paradigms of certain individuals is the discovery that the > citizenry of some nations may consider the word "free" to be a > four-letter word. They may feel that to be "free" eventually leads one > to the doorstep of the devil. They WANT someone in authority to tell > them what they should do with their lives, and how they should go > about doing it, hour-by-hour, day-by-day. They LIKE being inside a > cage of predictable boundaries. It isolates them from a cacophony of > bewildering choices and the terrifying consequences of being forced to > live with the consequences of those personal choices freedom lays at > our doorstep. > > And while we're on the subject of four letter words, other individuals > may also feel that being "rich" is just as evil. > > Granted, I don't agree with those opinions, but so be it. > > I have no idea if these personal observations were of any benefit to you. > > Probably not. > > Regards > Steven Vincent Johnson > www.OrionWorks.com > www.zazzle.com/orionworks >
