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Posted by Neredbojias on 01/12/00 11:28
With neither quill nor qualm, Luigi Donatello Asero quothed:
>
> "Neredbojias" <neredbojias@neredbojias.com> skrev i meddelandet
> news:MPG.1dad0edbf764c8ed9898e6@news.intergate.com...
> > With neither quill nor qualm, Luigi Donatello Asero quothed:
> >
> > > > > It is possible, for example, that they did not like that I liked
> talking
> > > to
> > > > > everybody
> > > >
> > > > I've seen that before. Losers generally don't like gregarious people
> > > > unless they happen to espouse their particular beliefs.
> > >
> > > "Expouse"?
> >
> > "-Believe in and actively promote." If I happen to like a particular
> > woman, I may *espouse* her virtues to those of my friends who are, say,
> > boob-men.
>
> "boob-men"?
-Men who appreciate the female mammalia more profoundly than say the
limbs or buttocks.
>
> > > Openness is a
> > > > threat to them and their one-dimensional dogma. A good case of this
> is
> > > > Communism which was *ostensibly* good for the worker, but wasn't
> really.
> > > > Criticism didn't and doesn't go over big in peoples' republics.
> > > > Nevertheless, such a narrow focus isn't realistic enough to be viable.
> > >
> > > Do you mean that all communist people do not accept critic?
> > > I do not think so. There are probably both those who do it and others
> who do
> > > not.
> >
> > I mean that one cannot criticize the government nearly as freely in a
> > Communist regime as one can under democracy.
>
>
> Probably not. But I would rather say that they give more importance to other
> social aims.
Well of course. Communism is the ultimate "social state", is it not?
From one particular point of view, communism vs. democracy is the range
of values between security vs. independence. While I agree that some
social "security" is beneficial, which would you rather have as a
priority?
> It is a matter of priorities.
> On the other side you might wonder whether there are so many pressure groups
> in the Communist regimes as in some Western industrialized States
Probably not because those regimes are seemingly more autocratic.
>
>
> [cut]
> > I think most people in any country are inherently good, -even those
> > within countries you might currently be a war with. The trouble comes
> > from ideologies and poverty of both spirit and substance. My reference
> > was to the small percentage of misfits who just don't "fit in" somehow
> > and rebel against the rejection they feel but can't define.
>
> I share your opinion to a large extent.
>
> > > [cut]
> > > > > Being Swedish myself, however, I can give you one piece
> > > > > > of advice about getting along over there. -Don't make any
> wisecracks
> > > > > > about the size of their gooseberries.
> > > > >
> > > > > Not sure I know what you mean here...are you talking about family
> politi
> > > cs,
> > > > > so to say?
> > > >
> > > > Precisely. It's a sensitive issue and Swedes ululate enough naturally
> > > > without making them whine about relational prowess.
> > >
> > >
> > > Are you talking about unmarried couples ("sambor")?
> > > I have nothing against them.
> > > I think that people have the right to choose whether they want to live
> > > together unmarried or married, have premaritial relationships or not,
> > > believe in a religion or not and so on.
> >
> > All people have all rights and may exercise them to the point where they
> > infringe upon others' rights. Determining this point is what all of
> > society, including governmental and religious sub-stratae, is all about.
>
>
> I agree again.
> Are you especially interested in social and political matters?
Not really. Porn and beer are my specialties but occasionally I'll do a
web page or 2 just for the discipline.
However, if you want to get serious, it's *injustice* I can't stand, -in
any form.
--
Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.
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