XPost: bc.politics, edm.general, can.politics   
   XPost: ab.politics   
   From: stevet810@gmail.com   
      
   On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 06:33:59PM -0700, Alan Baker wrote:   
   > On 2014-05-28 01:31:36 +0000, {>_<} Раиса" <"{>_ said:   
   >   
   > >On 5/27/2014 5:46 PM, Alan Baker wrote:   
   > >>On 2014-05-28 00:41:08 +0000, {>_<} Раиса" <"{>_ said:   
   > >>>And much safer than any beaches in the U.S. or Mexico or South America.   
   > >>>Socialism may keep them humble, but it also keeps them protected.   
   > >>   
   > >>Police states can do that...   
   > >   
   > >   
   > >The U.S. is the biggest police state in the world.  And they're one of   
   > >the most dangerous countries in the world.   
   >   
   > No. The US is not a police state. There have been some disturbing   
   > developments there (and across the globe)...   
   >   
   > ...but they are not a police state.   
      
   No more so than the corrupt brits in England.   
      
      
   Regards,   
      
   Uncle Steve   
      
   --   
      Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they   
   are utterly different.  Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fifull   
   obligations you have assumed voluntarily.  Paying that debt can entail   
   anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die.   
   Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.   
      But there is no reward for doing what other people expect of you,   
   and to do so is not merely difficult, but impossible.  It is easier to   
   deal with a footpad than it is with the leech who wants "just a few   
   minutes of your time, please -- this won't take long."  Time is your   
   total capital, and the minutes of your life are painfully few.  If you   
   allow yourself to fall into the vice of agreeing to such requests,   
   they quickly snowball to the point where these parasites will use up   
   100 percent of your time -- and squawk for more!   
      So learn to say No -- and be rude about it when necessary.   
   Otherwise you will not have time to carry out your dity, or to do your   
   own work, and certainly no time for love and happiness.  The termites   
   will nibble away your life and leave none of it for you.   
      (This rule does not mean you must not do a favor for a friend, or even   
   a stranger.  But let the choice be /yours/.  Don't do it becuause it   
   is "expected" of you.)   
          -- R.A.H. in a brief interlude of nominal lucidity and sanity,   
   but nevertheless evidencing subtle signs of the onset of dementia.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)