tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post470544460375872108..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Turn And Face The Strange ChangesFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-672974412437861142018-11-13T15:55:35.842-05:002018-11-13T15:55:35.842-05:00The issue behind folks' seeming inability to g...The issue behind folks' seeming inability to grasp this is taboo. It has been made taboo to ask these questions, much less answer them honestly.<br /><br />I don't know quite how this taboo came about. Perhaps it is an overreaction from the reverse position held by folks several decades ago, wherein even if you clearly defied the statistical trend as an individual, folks would still damn you by it anyway. Perhaps it was deliberately engineered by those who want to harm us. Or perhaps it was just another case of random human stupidity.<br /><br />Whatever the mechanism, the taboo must be broken for people to grok this. As it stands, when their brain starts to put together patterns and head this direction, it is immediately short circuited by fear of the taboo.Manuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13082153758868357687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-42555875991613423202018-11-13T09:04:33.610-05:002018-11-13T09:04:33.610-05:00The interpretation of the law is heavily influence...The interpretation of the law is heavily influenced by the culture. Arguably, the real need for laws was when culture failed to control the increasingly diverse population:<br />- Moses - when returning from Egypt, there was a need for a basic level of agreed-upon norms (they were agreed to, as they were seen to have been imposed from God). During the time they had lived in Egypt, they had adopted different aspects of the surrounding culture. This law, along with the dietary and other rules, made them into a nation. (BTW, why manna? Well, eating unleavened bread would eliminate a major source of discord - fermented alcohol - widely used in Egyptian society).<br />- Hammurabi - during his time, Babylon was a multicultural center. The need to have a clearly agreed upon set of laws probably prompted his posted laws.<br />- The French Republic, Modern Japan, et al. When a new government comes in, and has to manage a formerly hostile population that do NOT trust each other, it helps with the process to have a new legal framework, that is clearly stated and open.Linda Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024201252345608291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-15771902836366025232018-11-12T20:26:59.173-05:002018-11-12T20:26:59.173-05:00It's both race and culture and throw in religi...It's both race and culture and throw in religion which is incompatible with Constitutional law. <br /><br />The Emergency Quota Act of 1921 placed certain limits of persons and nationalities permitted to enter the US. Then, thanks to our old friend and reliable communist Ted Kennedy, The Immigration & Nationality Act of 1965 (the Hart-Celler Act) changed all that and with assurances that it "would not change the racial or religious make-up or demographics of the United States" immediately began to change not only those demographics but the ethnic, linguistic, cultural and welfare statistics as well as creating an endless replenishing supply of future democrat voters. Exactly what was intended by Kennedy and his "fellow travelers" or as we call them "useful idiots". Now we have contested elections, mass election fraud, Fake News and the unmasking of the Deep State deciding what we know and if we know it. They never stop until they get what they want. The count in Florida will not stop until they get the result they want. Kyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16399082135529920025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-38068538828589481912018-11-12T19:30:55.593-05:002018-11-12T19:30:55.593-05:00So is it race, or culture?So is it race, or culture?NITZAKHONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04110716447757507226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-18432186118175843282018-11-12T17:08:19.441-05:002018-11-12T17:08:19.441-05:00Didn't the US close immigration in the early 2...Didn't the US close immigration in the early 20th century specifically to allow immigrants time to assimilate? <br /><br />I've heard this in a few places, but have yet to find backing evidence with a search engine. You know how that goes: all of the places repeating it may be repeating the same source. There's far too much story volume taken up with current immigration stories to find historical entries. <br /><br />A History Channel page on <a href="https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/ellis-island" rel="nofollow">Ellis Island</a> doesn't mention it, although it mentions lots of things that would bring cries of "Wacist!" today. Things like literacy tests (in their native language, not English!), not allowing communists, anarchists or immigration from countries we have "too many" immigrants from, and more. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-7499893788090997412018-11-12T16:16:34.436-05:002018-11-12T16:16:34.436-05:00Personally, I think all U.S. immigration should ha...Personally, I think all U.S. immigration should have halted about twenty years ago. There isn't a huge interest to assimilate into U.S. society, and only a long time without introducing new immigrants solves this problem. Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15969361446367636746noreply@blogger.com