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Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
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Fri, 14 Jan 2000 20:33:17 GMT
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Richard Franks wrote in message ...
That while living outside a system doesn't give you the inner picture, • living
within a system and being influenced by it doesn't give you the whole • picture
either. Mostly this will occur when your environment effects the way you
percieve things.

Growing up in a country where police and family members have guns, gives • one a
different opinion to someone who has grown up in a country knowing that • there
are hardly any guns around.

Who is right? One person has no experience of a society with guns, the • other is
desensitised to a society with guns. Neither one of us can claim to know • which
is more correct, but we *can* sit our sides of the scales and respect each
others views.
Richard

  My POV, the person who has more freedom has a greater ability to have more
knowledge concerning freedom.  He also has more tendency to take it for
granted.

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   John
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  Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
 
(...) I agree - the person who takes freedom for granted has different knowledge or opinions, as to how valuable it is, than someone who craves freedom. Richard (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Art Debate Was: [Re: Swearing?]
 
(...) Using a country in the middle of ethnic cleansing as a comparison is hardly flattering. You can get shot in any country, but it's more likely to happen if you live in the US than say the UK. (...) I find it easy to believe, however I would (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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