Kill the Electoral College

[David Horn]

(01-03-2017, 04:26 PM)taramarie Wrote:

(01-03-2017, 12:01 PM)David Horn Wrote:

(01-03-2017, 06:55 AM)taramarie Wrote:

(01-03-2017, 01:41 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:

(01-02-2017, 06:56 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: As are you, then.

I stand by my psychological judgement

I don't mean that as applied those who disagree with me politically as a matter of ideas, but those who value guns per se. Yes, it's insanity.

There's lots of things about this world that's insane, but we still hang on to them. Guns are certainly one of them. War is probably another.

I suppose you're right about lack of police. I think the UK invented them as we know them today in the 1820s. So they've been around a long time.

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I guess a basic premise of my own world view is that any wide spread culture and values set came into existence for logical reasons that made sense given the environment that begat the culture.  As a rule of thumb, when the environment changes, when what once made sense no longer makes sense, human beings are incredibly slow to adapt.  I tend to lean progressive as technology changes much, thus it is often beneficial to acknowledge that a changing situation requires a changing culture.

But if the environment changes more slowly in rural areas than urban, if the need for change in rural areas is small to nonexistent, if the changes that seem necessary in urban areas bring no benefit in rural areas, the question is convincing people to fix what doesn't seem to be broke.  One might come to expect a very firm no.  This firm no will come at a deep down values driven take no prisoners level.

And if you don't know this already, you haven't been paying attention to the various red posters that contribute here.

I guess my frustration is that few people will assume or perceive that from inside any culture, any culture, that culture always seems to be based on common sense, logic, and valued lessons learned from history at great expense.  Too many folk are stuck thinking that one's own culture is right and true, thus it follows that all other cultures are wrong.  The other guy must of course be insane, stupid, brainwashed, evil, etc...

I'm of course absolutely sure that my own perspective is definitely the correct one.  It follows that the rest of you are wrong.  

If it is any consolation one person here is listening to you and agreeing with what you say on this topic. Least you know someone is as it tends to be a lonely position to sit in.

... though a bit more brevity would be appreciated, and I offer my humble example. 

What example?

See my redaction, above