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Pastimes : THE SLIGHTLY MODERATED BOXING RING
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To: epicure who wrote (10202)4/21/2002 11:36:18 AM
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To the thread- I was out in my garden, taking care of my new plants- and I thought to myself, who loves their garden more? The person who ignores the weeds, and says "Look at my perfect garden" or the person who sees the weeds and does something about them? Well, I know MY answer to that question. The problem of America is very similar to a garden- the very things that make hate grow, almost unlimited freedom in ideas and expressing ideas and association, is the same fertile soil that gives us so many of the other things I love. But weeds are in the eye of the beholder- if people want to hate, if some people want to question other people's patriotism and their love of country, this great country allows them to do it with impunity. I choose to point out that type of personal expression (hatred) as a weed, but seen in the greater framework, it is a rose- because it is simply another manifestation of our freedom. I choose to use my freedom to remember the incidents in our country that I consider blights on the garden. I remember because I would not like to see those things happen again. I do not think love of country requires either imbecility or amnesia. But that is certainly my opinion, and is clearly not shared by everyone.
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