FAR too many people fear the intrusion of new idea or concepts they close themselves off from the big scary world and tale comfort is having a narrow mind.
nice bon mot but...wraybOctober 28 2007, 01:30:08 UTC
Do travel is better than no do travel but I don't see any guarantee on resulting broadening of horizon. Or maybe some are so so narrow to start with that it is hard to appreciate any growth.
Yeah, I hear you but listening to the fear mongering and xenophobia present all across this land makes me realize how insular our society is and how with a little patriotic fervor the country is easily manipulated. Even years after we were lead to war based on lies and fear mongering, we are still facing xenophobic propaganda, and anemic descent.
I don’t know if it is true but I heard Dubbya never left the country before he was elected, save one trip to Mexico.
...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger... -Hermann Goering
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. -George Bernard Shaw
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FAR too many people fear the intrusion of new idea or concepts they close themselves off from the big scary world and tale comfort is having a narrow mind.
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I don’t know if it is true but I heard Dubbya never left the country before he was elected, save one trip to Mexico.
...Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger...
-Hermann Goering
Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it.
-George Bernard Shaw
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