Posted on 12/12/2014 4:56:18 PM PST by BAW
If we cannot agree on the obvious, then it’s fruitless to continue our discussion. Enjoy your Sabbath Day.
Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious. — George Orwell
We either spell it out or miss yet another opportunity.
If you are interested take a look at America 3.0. The Absolute Nuclear Family is one in which the parents have no claim on their adult children and vice versa. You choose your own spouse and it’s a pretty rare family style worldwide. We owe our modern civilization to this kind of family.
http://isteve.blogspot.com/2012/07/absolute-nuclear-families.html
http://www2.eur.nl/fsw/research/veenhoven/Pub2010s/FamilyTypes&Happiness.pdf
Well said! The “screen reservation” and the virtual world in which a lot of people live today is a very fragile thing that could disappear in an instant. So would the millions that know nothing of the real world.
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