So, why is it that the Norwegians didn't welcome the Germans with open arms in 1940? ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2000 2:38 PM Subject: Re: Politics! > > > Robin Blankenship wrote: > > > The current electoral divide is clearly visible on maps. The gulf between > > liberals and conservatives is much more profound and deeply felt that most > > realize. It is the difference between those packed into urban areas and > > willing to forgo freedom for conformity and safety versus those in more > > rural environments who treasure freedom above life itself. A split of the > > country into two separate republics looms on the horizon. It is almost > > inevitable. It does not have to mean war. That is up to the liberals. The > > government is NOT God. It just acts that way. > > > > This... is .... grin... absurd. :) > > Number 1.. the idea that America will split into two republics is pie in the > sky. > Number 2.. that freedom you talk about is about as thin as the first fall sheen > on Flathead Lake. > > I know.. I spent most of my growing years in rural America. Home to chain saw > hair cuts and the like. That kinda freedom stretches as far as the next county > border. And if you live in such a place and stick out... you are anything but > free. > > There is quite a gulf between the two polarities in voters. And there are > fisions within these two groupings. Politics is politics and the nature of the > game is that we aggree to disagree. The majority wins the day and everyone is > grown up enough to accept that and drop back and punt. There is always another > election and the game is never over. Thats democracy.. you cant win em all and > no matter what solution gets to rule the day there is going to be plenty wrong > with it. After all... we are humans... doomed in the end to fall short. > > -- > Richard Brekne > RPT, N.P.T.F. > Bergen, Norway > >
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