TeaSea
SOH-CM-2014
I would caution the forum about being too "Utopian" in our thinking....
It's always tempting to say "there ought to be a law"....with the follow on subject being whatever YOU want it to be. That really doesn't work. Thanksgiving, despite it's religious overtones, is a secular holiday. It's persistent because it was made a Federal Holiday by U.S. Law. While we may argue regards custom we can either "opt in" or "opt out" of shopping based on our own feelings. That's a choice we have the freedom to make....and despite assertions to the contrary, we always have a "choice"....we just may not like our choices.
That's the way it "ought" to be (bit of a conundrum there) if we want to keep in line with our Western views of governance. Utopianism as outlined by Sir Thomas Moore is a nightmare of repression. The concept of "what ought to be" is what leads to our most oppressive governments and vicious wars. Read "Brave New World" for the Utopian version of a Dystopia (the other great Dystopia being presented by "1984").
Who knew that a discussion on store hours had such a deep basis in Western philosophy....but it does.
Have a good time and good "choice" Koschip. :salute:
It's always tempting to say "there ought to be a law"....with the follow on subject being whatever YOU want it to be. That really doesn't work. Thanksgiving, despite it's religious overtones, is a secular holiday. It's persistent because it was made a Federal Holiday by U.S. Law. While we may argue regards custom we can either "opt in" or "opt out" of shopping based on our own feelings. That's a choice we have the freedom to make....and despite assertions to the contrary, we always have a "choice"....we just may not like our choices.
That's the way it "ought" to be (bit of a conundrum there) if we want to keep in line with our Western views of governance. Utopianism as outlined by Sir Thomas Moore is a nightmare of repression. The concept of "what ought to be" is what leads to our most oppressive governments and vicious wars. Read "Brave New World" for the Utopian version of a Dystopia (the other great Dystopia being presented by "1984").
Who knew that a discussion on store hours had such a deep basis in Western philosophy....but it does.
Have a good time and good "choice" Koschip. :salute:
