> I am not bitching about any system. I am only saying that I am > offended by the concept that anyone is superior to another person by > reason of birth. > > If we say that the Queen is superior by reason of birth and has rights > that can't be taken away,
well we don't. We swept all that nonsense away when we cut Charles I's head off in 1649. Bob > then we legitimize the position of the > "nobility" who claim to be superior by birth to us "commoners." That > is just a short distance from saying that whites are superior to other > races by reason of birth, or that English are superior to Irish, or > that Japanese are superior to Koreans. Belief in status or privilege > arising our of ancestry is anti-democratic, and creates artificial > barriers that divide people who should seek common cause. > > Dan > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 5:40 PM, William Robb <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > From: "Daniel J. Matyola" > > Subject: Re: OT: Happy Canada Day > > > >> There is a difference: we elected the fools down there in DC. We > >> have only ourselves to blame. We don't pay homage to someone merely > >> because that person is a distant relative of the German House of > >> Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. > >> > > > > Whatever. > > Until your system works better than the ones you are bitching about, > go take > > a flying fuck into your glass walls. > > Or, be as offended as you're white peasant ass wants to be, but piss > off and > > shut the fuck up about it. > > > > William Robb > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and > > follow the directions. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
