tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post5430622177742385068..comments2023-03-30T07:59:35.962+02:00Comments on Small Wrinkles in Spacetime: Why I don't Want to Live in BritainJohn Machttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11647833154827132967noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post-83151251599386840762010-08-02T19:28:18.902+02:002010-08-02T19:28:18.902+02:00I have no desire to live where I gangrene of the n...I have no desire to live where I gangrene of the nose. Ugh!! Slowly, we're eliminating all the places we <i>don't</i> want to live. lol <br /><br />And since when is fussy a bad thing? Where are you by the way?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post-81108729640330097652010-07-25T01:18:12.496+02:002010-07-25T01:18:12.496+02:00DM - I think you're just being fussy, but if t...DM - I think you're just being fussy, but if the idea of a climate so cold that your nose gets gangrene from frostbite is appealing, then you're a lot tougher than i thought.John Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647833154827132967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post-22703454739994942762010-07-25T01:00:07.344+02:002010-07-25T01:00:07.344+02:00AD makes a telling point - thank you, and one whic...AD makes a telling point - thank you, and one which in more private times I have given more than a little thought to. The luxury of choice is denied to many, however. As to the formative and painful - I am reminded of Socrates "The just and the unjust, the beautiful and the ugly, the good and the bad. Are these not the subjects of difference about which, when we are unable to come to a satisfactory decision, you and I and other men become hostile to each other whenever we do?"John Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11647833154827132967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post-20398640357426925932010-07-24T23:02:21.756+02:002010-07-24T23:02:21.756+02:00i like the encouragement of difference - the chaos...i like the encouragement of difference - the chaos is often painful but formative. Indeed, it may be the solution to an existing moral vacuum. would we still have slavery were it not for the development and acknowledgement of the validity of others approach to life i.e. a multicultural society. <br /><br />For the individual, one of the questions that help to resolve what one thinks of the society is: where do you want to spend your last days and why? The answer, because it presupposes a time of vunerability, leads to a clearer idea of what you think you are intergrating to. If not your "own people" then the pain of change is perhaps too powerful for you.<br />ADAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20646240.post-9172509809875455062010-07-24T03:18:04.372+02:002010-07-24T03:18:04.372+02:00I don't want to live in Britain. =) Funnily en...I don't want to live in Britain. =) Funnily enough, I don't want to live in the Caribbean either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com