Hedonist: I agree with your take on the China/Tiwan thing as discussed in this thread . . .but I'm old and its really hard to read those massive posts. You do good research, but I just can't read it all.
Originally Posted by ICU 812
I'm 74 and I read everything I post at least twice and often, 3 times to make sure the points I wanted to make were indeed made but then I enjoy reading this stuff! I completely understand that it isn't for everybody. I like the idea of educating myself on a daily basis but then I have the luxury of having the time to do EXACTLY as I like, living the Hedonist dream of complete control of my life and decisions that I make.
My neighbor is a college educated "ultra" Progressive. She is such a fanatic, I realized this after I learned she had gone to Obama's first inaugural because it would be the highlite of her "politically active life". I say this only to emphasize the kind of person who has literally no interest in hearing "the other side of the story". No intellectual curiosity at all. She wouldn't read those articles if I told her I would pay her bills for a month. If anybody other than a far left Progressive wanted to tell her something, you would get the hand and "not interested". So how do we get along? Simple, I pretend to be a Democrat though not the Progressive she is. If I told her my true feelings, I would have a very, very angry neighbor next door and that's no way to go through life.
I don't want to be that person. I never address a subject without knowing what the left is saying and reporting while many on the left here, as I demonstrate on a daily basis, has no idea what "the other side" is saying and simply do not care.
I don't want to be that person.