[ExI] Arrogance

[William Flynn Wallace]

I figured of all the countries south of us, the most advanced was Costa
Rica.  We went there and were shocked by just about everything, but esp.
about the amount of razor wire everywhere.  Potholes you had to drive
around in the middle of gated communities!  Lots more.  I am so glad I was
born here.  I do wish we had Costa Rica's weather.  Ideal.  Up in the
mountains, anyway.  One of the strangest feelings I have ever had:  went to
the edge of a big jungle (CR has more or bigger or something national
parks/preserved land, than any other country).  I walked into the jungle
until there was nothing I could see but jungle.  Strange feeling.   bill w

On Sat, Aug 28, 2021 at 11:43 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

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> ....> On Behalf Of Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat
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> >...If expressing pride in ones country is arrogance, then disparaging ones
> country is just plain rude...
>
> Well said Stuart.  I notice that we don't have masses of Americans climbing
> over the wall and crossing Mexico in a desperate struggle to get to El
> Salvador.  If American would travel to those places were people are coming
> from, see for themselves, they would stop dumping on America and be
> justifiably proud of the place.
>
> Hat tip to comedian Bill Maher for that meme:
>
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> https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/27/maher-afghanistan-events-debunk-w
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> oke-belief-u-s-is-rotten-to-the-core-theres-a-reason-afghan-mothers-are-hand
> ing-their-babies-to-us/
> <https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/27/maher-afghanistan-events-debunk-woke-belief-u-s-is-rotten-to-the-core-theres-a-reason-afghan-mothers-are-handing-their-babies-to-us/>
>
> Well said, Bill.
>
> >... What experiment is that? How much freedom, power, and responsibility
> can a society entrust to its individuals...
>
> Ja, that's one way to look at it.  I see it as kinda the opposite question:
> how much freedom, power and responsibility can a society entrust to its
> government.  In my opinion less than it has now.
>
> >...Long live America!  Stuart LaForge
>
> Life to America.
>
> spike
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