In Reply to: Re: Is this the Cartoon everyone is freakin' about...? Doesn't belong in these forums.... posted by RGA on February 15, 2006 at 19:05:03:
My personal value system includes growing up in Japan, and dwelling now in a polyglot and multicultural community. In fact about a quarter of the students in my child's school are first or second generation Americans. Their families came from nations ranging from China to Mexico to Saudi Arabia to India. The extraordinary thing is that they all left their native lands and came to the United States to live. Some came at great personal expense; some snuck away from brutal regimes; but they all came because they wanted better lives for themselves and their children. Material prosperity is a part of that, but by no means the largest part, although the immigrants I know personally have done very well for themselves. I guess one of the areas where I'd disagree withh you is that I think material prosperity is a good thing - as do most people. We can romanticize more 'natural' ways of living, but the fact is there's a reason our ancestors gave up their hunter-gatherer ways.Besides, without technology and material prosperity, we couldn't all enjoy our audio toys could we.
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- Re: Is this the Cartoon everyone is freakin' about...? Doesn't belong in these forums.... - Mickey Bob 12:44:58 02/16/06 (3)
- Re: Is this the Cartoon everyone is freakin' about...? Doesn't belong in these forums.... - RGA 12:27:03 02/20/06 (2)
- Re: Is this the Cartoon everyone is freakin' about...? Doesn't belong in these forums.... - Mickey Bob 13:34:50 02/20/06 (1)
- Re: Is this the Cartoon everyone is freakin' about...? Doesn't belong in these forums.... - RGA 19:11:30 02/20/06 (0)