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Stirlingsays 20 Jan 22 9.05am
Originally posted by Slimey Toad Exactly. Those of us who are obsessed with 'pure freedom' should just stick to reading Voltaire to console themselves The modern west was built upon those foundations....the world before them wasn't exactly pleasant for the average Joe. I think we should perhaps not be looking to glibly remove them without challenge. We need only look around the world to observe what a lack of freedoms looks like. Edited by Stirlingsays (20 Jan 2022 9.06am) 'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)
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20 Jan 22 9.05am

Originally posted by Slimey Toad

Exactly. Those of us who are obsessed with 'pure freedom' should just stick to reading Voltaire to console themselves

The modern west was built upon those foundations....the world before them wasn't exactly pleasant for the average Joe. I think we should perhaps not be looking to glibly remove them without challenge. We need only look around the world to observe what a lack of freedoms looks like.

Edited by Stirlingsays (20 Jan 2022 9.06am)

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Slimey Toad Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 20 Jan 22 9.57am
Originally posted by Stirlingsays The modern west was built upon those foundations....the world before them wasn't exactly pleasant for the average Joe. I think we should perhaps not be looking to glibly remove them without challenge. We need only look around the world to observe what a lack of freedoms looks like. Edited by Stirlingsays (20 Jan 2022 9.06am) I get that. AJP Taylor wrote a brilliant first paragraph to his English History 1914-1945 where he said on the eve of WW1 the Englishman could leave the country without a passport, not have to leave a public house because of licensing laws, and various other personal freedoms. His only contact with the State would probably have been no more than a Policeman or a visit to the Post Office. But that is now very distant past nostalgia.
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Karsiyaka, North Cyprus 20 Jan 22 9.57am

Originally posted by Stirlingsays

Edited by Stirlingsays (20 Jan 2022 9.06am)

I get that. AJP Taylor wrote a brilliant first paragraph to his English History 1914-1945 where he said on the eve of WW1 the Englishman could leave the country without a passport, not have to leave a public house because of licensing laws, and various other personal freedoms. His only contact with the State would probably have been no more than a Policeman or a visit to the Post Office.

But that is now very distant past nostalgia.

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Stirlingsays 20 Jan 22 11.09am
Originally posted by Slimey Toad I get that. AJP Taylor wrote a brilliant first paragraph to his English History 1914-1945 where he said on the eve of WW1 the Englishman could leave the country without a passport, not have to leave a public house because of licensing laws, and various other personal freedoms. His only contact with the State would probably have been no more than a Policeman or a visit to the Post Office. But that is now very distant past nostalgia. I'm not so concerned about the past as I am about the future. 'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)
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20 Jan 22 11.09am

Originally posted by Slimey Toad

But that is now very distant past nostalgia.

I'm not so concerned about the past as I am about the future.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

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