Posted by
glen ropella on
Sep 25, 2012; 8:23pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Faith-tp7580633p7580747.html
Marcus G. Daniels wrote at 09/25/2012 12:51 PM:
> Consider a hypothetical female couple, well-paid, and taxpaying Stanford
> and MIT PhDs, who move out to the country and home school and
> telecommute. "Those boys are forced to have girly hair and their moms
> vote for the communist party.." etc. Victims of that particular
> majority -- it has less to distract it, so some provincial meddling
> results.
Precisely. The silent witness can be interpreted by the participants.
My guess would be that this hypothetical couple would stand their ground
on the one hand (toward the meddlers) and defend their decisions and
behavior. And they'd likely, on the other hand, explain to their boys
that they might be in the minority in that community and the boys should
be prepared to recognize any sources of friction that may result.
In my context, I would seriously _love_ for the macho dad next door to
explain to me why he raises his children the way he does (something I
never had explicitly laid out by my dad ... though I came to understand
it anyway, I think -- whereas my sister still lives with that legacy on
a daily basis).
I'd also have _loved_ to see either party in the fireworks dispute to
formally launch a duel of some kind to settle their differences. It
could be anything from scouring the city ordinances to fisticuffs, for
all I care. But this shamedly quieting down and wandering off thing
struck me as evidence that both of them _knew_ they were behaving
antisocially and came to regret it.
Ultimately, the _nest_ comes down hard and ruthless on those living in it.
--
glen
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