Re: Herd instincts?

On Nov 20, 9:13 pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-
Web-Site.com> wrote:
On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:58:08 -0800, John Larkin





<jjlar...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:03:19 -0800 (PST), Tolstoy
<kellrobin...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Nov 16, 8:16 am, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...@My-
Web-Site.com> wrote:
Leftism is a herd instinct....

Much better to join the herd over there on the right.

The French situation is interesting. Pretty soon, everybody in the
country will be on strike against themselves. That's a logical
consequence of a society where collectivism becomes dominant.

John

Interesting place, France, a "sécurité sociale" office on every corner
;-)

And their health care is better than yours, and it costs them less. If
you were interested enough, you might even learn something. I'm not
holding my breath.

--
Bill Sloman, Nijmegen
.

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