Rather than force us all to listen to the pompous ass for the whole thing, perhaps you could summarise the reasons for us.
B > On 8 Jul 2016, at 20:31, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > I was listening to the Diane Rehm Show on NPR yesterday and near the end > of the interview with Julian Fellows they touched on Brexit. His > comments are the first time I've heard anyone articulate reasons for > leaving the EU that I could really understand. > > https://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2016-07-07/julian-fellowes-belgravia > > > >> On 7/8/2016 11:56 AM, steve harley wrote: >>> On 2016-07-06 11:42 , Steve Cottrell wrote: >>> Like you, I love my country and I don't want to see it watered down by a >>> conglomerate entity composed of politicians from across the union, some >>> with their own agendas that bear no parallel with the UK's interests. >> >> i'm just reading this thread through today, and (though i've followed it >> closely elsewhere) it's very helpful to me to hear the articulations of >> a few European individuals on the subject … >> >> your statement above resonates with the concepts of federalism and >> state's rights in the US, which in essence balance power between the >> national and state governments and promote the states' keeping (some of) >> their individuality >> >> one could say that over centuries, much "blending" has occurred, but >> that it was a gradual process and there is still plenty of room for >> difference among the states; unfortunately some of the major differences >> are in equality and human rights >> >> just a thought: i wonder if the US states were less "individualistic" if >> there would be more or fewer gay-bashing laws, more or less horrible >> prison treatment, poverty, defunding of education, etc.? in addition, >> we've had several of our own influxes of immigrants which have prompted >> waves of intolerance, and there is much variance among the states in >> attitudes toward same > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
