[lbo-talk] French set new rail speed record

Bill Bartlett billbartlett at aapt.net.au
Fri Apr 6 09:11:54 PDT 2007


At 6:23 AM -0700 6/4/07, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:


> It makes one think
>that the only way to change things is to whip people
>into compliance with policies that force them to
>abandon thier harmful ways.
>
>That reminds me of the foot binding practice in China
>- with was literarily a torture for women, very
>painful, severely impaired thier mobility and very
>dangerous to health (soemthing like 20 or so percent
>woul ddie from inflections and other complications
>linked to foot binding.) Yet the nationalist
>government of Sun Yat sen had to issue death threats
>to force Chinese women to abandon this harmful and
>barbaric practice.
>
>Forcing people into complinace seems to be the only
>way to make social changes, even for people's own
>good.

You can teach a young dog new tricks, likewise a new generation. Social attitudes change as new generations take over. Silly old buggers like you and me couldn't stop that if we wanted to. So cheer up.

Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas



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