Posted by Neredbojias on 01/12/96 11:28

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.

> 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.

> > > Yes, it can happen in any place, but it still affects the way people
> feel.
> > > It has changed the way I feel "emotionally" about Germany.
> >
> > Can't say that I blame you. Maybe in their minds they are trying to get
> > even for Caesar's dominion over them in heraldic times
>
> That might be the case for
> some of them,
> but, after all, Italy has welcome many tourists from Germany for a very
> long time!
> In any case, I also have some friends in Germany and I think that there
> are also German people who love Italy.

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.

> [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.

--
Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.

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