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Belinda wrote: ↑Thu Nov 25, 2021 1:41 pm

henry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Nov 25, 2021 1:34 pm You are too Romantic and don't understand how clever bad men are.

Oh my, I do love bein' analyzed: please, tell me how you concluded I'm too Romantic.

Romanticism is mostly defined by more or less extreme glorification of individualism. Anarchy is extreme political individualism. There are a few American myths that tell of individualism, many of them are (or were) Hollywood staple themes.

henry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Nov 25, 2021 2:04 pm

Belinda wrote: ↑Thu Nov 25, 2021 1:41 pm

henry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Nov 25, 2021 1:34 pm You are too Romantic and don't understand how clever bad men are.

Oh my, I do love bein' analyzed: please, tell me how you concluded I'm too Romantic.

Romanticism is mostly defined by more or less extreme glorification of individualism. Anarchy is extreme political individualism. There are a few American myths that tell of individualism, many of them are (or were) Hollywood staple themes.

If I'm beset by such hobblin' notions then wouldn't I be all the more insulated from clever bad men?

Simply: if I won't accept the rule of the majority, why would I accept the rule of the ruler of the majority?

Why would I accept any rule at all?

henry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Nov 25, 2021 2:21 pm Unless you are KimJong-Un you have to knuckle under.

No, you don't, especially in a big country like mine.

henry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Nov 25, 2021 2:34 pm Does not having to obey the law make you more or less free?

I'm free as a natural, normal function of my being. Breakin' the law doesn't make me more free; abidin' by law that is moral doesn't make me less free.


I do not think you do crime.

Belinda wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 2:34 pm

henry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Nov 25, 2021 2:34 pm Does not having to obey the law make you more or less free?

I'm free as a natural, normal function of my being. Breakin' the law doesn't make me more free; abidin' by law that is moral doesn't make me less free.


I do not think you do crime.

You are honest and you write well but from what you write you seem to be not as free as you could be .

henry quirk wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 3:13 pm

Belinda wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 2:34 pm

henry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Nov 25, 2021 2:34 pm Does not having to obey the law make you more or less free?

I'm free as a natural, normal function of my being. Breakin' the law doesn't make me more free; abidin' by law that is moral doesn't make me less free.


I do not think you do crime.

You are honest and you write well but from what you write you seem to be not as free as you could be .

How so?

Belinda wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 12:57 am

henry quirk wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 3:13 pm

Belinda wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 2:34 pm
You are honest and you write well but from what you write you seem to be not as free as you could be .

How so?

Because you don't take enough risks.

henry quirk wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 12:58 am

Belinda wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 12:57 am

henry quirk wrote: ↑Fri Nov 26, 2021 3:13 pm

How so?

Because you don't take enough risks.

How would you know this?

henry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Nov 25, 2021 2:34 pm Does not having to obey the law make you more or less free?

I'm free as a natural, normal function of my being. Breakin' the law doesn't make me more free; abidin' by law that is moral doesn't make me less free.


I do not think you do crime.

Belinda wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 1:50 pm

henry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Nov 25, 2021 2:34 pm Does not having to obey the law make you more or less free?

I'm free as a natural, normal function of my being. Breakin' the law doesn't make me more free; abidin' by law that is moral doesn't make me less free.


I do not think you do crime.

It is not a natural function of your being that you live in a free country like the US.

henry quirk wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 2:23 pm

Belinda wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 1:50 pm

henry quirk wrote: ↑Thu Nov 25, 2021 2:34 pm Does not having to obey the law make you more or less free?

I'm free as a natural, normal function of my being. Breakin' the law doesn't make me more free; abidin' by law that is moral doesn't make me less free.


I do not think you do crime.

It is not a natural function of your being that you live in a free country like the US.

Belinda wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 5:55 pm

henry quirk wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 2:23 pm

Belinda wrote: ↑Sat Nov 27, 2021 1:50 pm
It is not a natural function of your being that you live in a free country like the US.

People who live under some regimes are not at liberty to think what they like. They are told what to think. Long may the US resist such a regime!