night_son
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- Jun 12, 2018
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But how does one distinguish between the political dogma and its direct effects on our lives vis a vis good vs. evil, and, how do we remove or extract the morality or lack thereof of political philosophy and psychology from the living of our own lives and minds of our families?
Does politics affect your life to that degree? Honestly?
It does not affect mine that way. I do what I chose and expect the same of others. I am fond of the saying"keep on your side of my gate" which simply means do as you wish elsewhere and I do what I wish here.
But honestly, does politics affect your life as you say?
Yes. It does--or rather, more poignantly--the lives of younger family members and their parents' recent ordeals with the public school system. I will leave it at that.
Mind your own backyard while I mind mine and we will both get along. I agree with this philosophy up to a point, but what do we do then when government policy enables our neighbor to intrude on our backyard in protection of his rights? A move which reduces our own.
I can understand frustration with the school system. Though I can say it was frustrating in the late 90's when my kids finished as well.
Local politics also has more effect on my life but it rarely involves conservative or liberal or good or evil. Usually it is money or some issue with a pot of money in the middle.
I moved when the city I lived in started requiring me to get a permit to trim my trees.
I moved again when the town I lived in, where I served a term on town council, refused a business license for a pawn shop I wanted to open. Presently I live alone on ten acres, off grid, 16 miles to pavement , 45 miles to a town.. My closest neighbor is two miles and I own the road from there. I don't get bothered much.
We're not too many miles north of Baltimore City, and experiencing more "bleed over" outside the City limits each year. Although it is mainly confined to highway and state road corridors, north and east, there's been an increase in homeless heroine addicts occupying the many fairly deep wooded areas nearby. So in that light, I also see liberal City policies affecting our daily lives where we live and work.
What is the connection between "liberal City policies" and what you are experiencing? I put you around Havre de Grace. How does Baltimore politics affect you? What policies of Baltimore folks on the city council affect what you experience?
Incorrect.