18th Century women rule!! ;)
It really isn't a big deal - only people who dwell on an issue, that's not
going to change anytime soon, is why it's a big deal (to them).
- Bernd
Looking over the new 4.7L and Journey Cross-Over...pretty kewl. :)
-----Original Message-----
From: Pindell, Tim P [mailto:TPindell@otterbein.edu]
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 2:52 PM
To: dml@dakota-truck.net
Subject: RE: DML: Made in China
"But that doesn't mean that some of the things we've learned from [the 18th
century] aren't worth keeping or that we can't learn and add to our
understanding as time moves on." I didn't think that was bashing. Just
stating that 18th-century history isn't all there is to know. There were
some great ideas there. Of course, we must keep those. We didn't stop making
history in 1787, nor did we stop advancing our understanding.
Why toss out 230 years of history?
I never argued that the government should set prices and wages, I simply
voiced my disgust at wanton greed and corruption and questioned whether or
not the higher pay was worth the risk. That makes me completely far-left
now?
I'm not going to defend the far left. Extremists are dangerous no matter
who they are. History is far from irrelevant or dangerous. It's facinating
to see where we came from! Take a few semesters of Western Civilization!
There is plenty we can learn from it (just don't cherry-pick the good
parts.) However, why toss out new things as we learn them? Marxism and
Socialism failed. Great. Now we know. How about we not do that? We've got a
much better method, of course. If there exists a good idea, let's keep it.
If there is something else that might be more effective, let's do it. If it
doesn't work very well, let's try something else. I don't see why this is a
big deal.
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