ALTRAV,

buon Natale

felice anno nuovo

I'm more of a Festivus ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus ) advocate myself although my family are more traditional. Nonetheless I always insist on erecting an an aluminium pole among the Christmas frivolity.

Since 25/12 is really a celebration of Sol Invictus ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Invictus) in the northern hemisphere I also try to get the family to celebrate southern hemisphere Sol Invictus on 22/6 (or perhaps 21/6). But there are few takers for such a radical idea.

SR,

I only call liars "lying old trouts". The fact that you are unable to provide a link to prove the provenance of your "quote" shows how venal you are.

Now you are trying to weasel your way out by calling anyone that does not swallow your lies a snowflake. This coming from the most sensitive snowflake on the site.

Posted by Foxy, Friday, 21 December 2018 10:42:07 AM

The only thing I am allergic to is mean-
spiritedness.

Answer- This view seems to be based on the idea that people are naturally 'good'- a "Locke Liberalist" assumption- perhaps this view can be correlated with the feminine persuasion- perhaps because men have traditionally been the protectors or perhaps there is a deeper endocrinal or physical cause.

Statistically a person that you meet in the world is perhaps unlikely to care about what is 'good' for you.

The argument whether people are naturally good has been going for thousands of years in hundreds of cultures. In countries such as Britain, and other close Christian countries perhaps there is a greater level of commonality- and hence 'goodness' - the further from our influence the less we can assume 'goodness'.

We cannot make everyone 'good' nor should we interfere in their communities- they have their own version of goodness that may be incompatible with ours.

"No fate but what we make."

Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year..