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Old Apr 17, 2007, 03:10 pm   #55 (permalink) (top)
grandpa
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And why did you stay? Because the grass isn't greener on the other side! :rolleyes:
First of all, I can't afford to move.

Second, I'm not living in a land of pretend where I should put the interests of abstract entities over my own. I'll challenge abstract systems of power--they should move out of our way, not the other way around.

Third, I don't mind where I am currently living. NOT because of the government, but because I have established relationships with real people that I would hate to have trumped by authority. So, while I'm around I'll speak against those authoritiarians that would limit my ability to socialize and to speak and act freely (these exist in America, believe it or not).

Grandpa h.


True morality consists not in following the beaten
track, but in finding out the true path for ourselves
and fearlessly following it. -- Mohandas Gandhi
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