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
