[Vision2020] secular humanists?!

Wed, 26 Nov 2003 11:23:14 -0600

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<P>I'm curious, Eric, why have you chosen to live here?</P>
<P>Amy Smoucha<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>From: Eric Engerbretson <ERIC@ERIC-E.COM>
<DIV></DIV>To: <VISION2020@MOSCOW.COM>
<DIV></DIV>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] secular humanists?! 
<DIV></DIV>Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 08:56:42 -0800 
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<DIV></DIV>on 11/26/03 1:23 AM, Donavan wrote: 
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<DIV></DIV>In a message dated 11/25/03 10:05:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
<DIV></DIV>eric@eric-e.com writes: 
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<DIV></DIV>The best society I know of was 
<DIV></DIV>started in 1776 by Christians and Deists. 
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<DIV></DIV>If you think the United States is the best country in the world, you live in 
<DIV></DIV>a very small world. 
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<DIV></DIV>Donovan 
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<DIV></DIV>Well, Donovan, I've spent six years living in other countries, spent a good 
<DIV></DIV>deal of time in seventeen different countries. I lived for two years in 
<DIV></DIV>Denmark when it was rated the highest standard of living in the world. 
<DIV></DIV>Holland, Sweden-- they don't compare to the U.S. 
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<DIV></DIV>Because of the nature of my travels, being a musician preferring host-home 
<DIV></DIV>stays to hotels, I stayed in over 300 homes elsewhere in the world. I've 
<DIV></DIV>stayed in the homes of everybody from embassadors and wealthy 
<DIV></DIV>industrialists to farmers and dirt-poor heroin addicts. I lived with street 
<DIV></DIV>people-- slept on park benches in Oslo, and in a cardboard box in a back 
<DIV></DIV>alley in Paris. I hitchiked thousands of miles in Europe and Japan. I've 
<DIV></DIV>traveled through and worked in 49 of the United States. I've met a lot of 
<DIV></DIV>people and talked a great deal about what makes a great country and what is 
<DIV></DIV>good and bad about the U.S.. 
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<DIV></DIV>Do you have that much experience on which to base your assumptions about the 
<DIV></DIV>best country in the world? 
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<DIV></DIV>I know more than a lot of people about how big the world is. North Idaho 
<DIV></DIV>is, indeed, a very small world-- but I know very clearly why I've chosen to 
<DIV></DIV>live here. 
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<DIV></DIV>My question is: if you don't think that the U.S. is the best country in the 
<DIV></DIV>world, why ever are you living here? Are you making such a huge charitable 
<DIV></DIV>contribution to this society that you think we NEED you here? 
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<DIV></DIV>Forgive me if this letter has an arrogant tone. It just bothers me to be 
<DIV></DIV>told I don't know my way around the block. Let me know if you want to get 
<DIV></DIV>lunch sometime. 
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<DIV></DIV>Sincerely, 
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<DIV></DIV>Eric Engerbretson 
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