Re: The weekend post
Reply #14 –
Wisdom and principles are not a static and deeply inherent thing in the ex-colonies dear home monk Oakdale!
Nor has a Howie been known for such — at least for a hundred years…
You frequently and repeatedly abuse my nation. I ask you again, what did we do to you? (Besides saving you twice from the Huns…) Was it the mad King George that couldn't manage a rag-tag army across the Atlantic, all British and mostly Scots? (Oh, and some Huns!) You're still mad that we won our independence — whereas you never have?
I very much like the term "devolution"… as contrasted with "evolution".
You call me "home monk"… Why? Because I don't uselessly spend money to visit a dying civilization before it's gone? (That's what archeology is for; I've been trained for it.)
What will you do when your oil money runs out? You and the Saudis are in the same boat. Of course, you'd like more socialism; Venezuela is the model you'd follow?
Ah, what do you care: You'll be dead soon and have no stake in the world carrying on.
I get out and about quite a bit; I talk to anyone who'd talk, because I like talking — and I like talking to people. (I'll talk to dogs and cats and children, and Scots of your ilk.)
You are a mean man, RJ. But your intellect -as shown by your posts- is obviously deficient. So, you're mean because you're stupid. Is that what you'd have your nation known for?
What about Adam Smith, Ricardo, Burke, Hume? (Have you heard of them? )