tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post755919875022197903..comments2024-02-24T00:41:37.836-08:00Comments on The Buddha Diaries: "Good Fences...Peter Clothierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-989275071018581322007-09-18T19:07:00.000-07:002007-09-18T19:07:00.000-07:00Peter,I wonder if your neighbors would mistake you...Peter,<BR/>I wonder if your neighbors would mistake you for terrorist when you snapped these photos ;)<BR/><BR/>A few years ago, I drove to a park where I jogged. After work out I cooled down near my car.The owner of the vehicle next to mine angrily questioned me, "Why do you stand near my car? Are you a car thief???"<BR/>That's how insecure we feel...khengsionghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08388168568808671784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-50469116713521297712007-09-18T12:11:00.000-07:002007-09-18T12:11:00.000-07:00P; A good gate would have stopped thieves from ste...P; A good gate would have stopped thieves from stealing my car. And coyotes from eating our cats and dog. And those characters who are breaking and entering homes around here and beating the residents. <BR/>Crime has existed under every form of government so far. So, maybe it's time to try a new form of government. But I think the problem is in man himself.<BR/><BR/>Ps. If you continue your gate photography, it would make a good coffee table book. A good picture of the Gates of Hell would be worth millions. I once painted one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-23575124156204134242007-09-18T10:43:00.000-07:002007-09-18T10:43:00.000-07:00We've been talking about this subject a lot in som...We've been talking about this subject a lot in some of my classes, actually. One of the defining characteristics of the past fifty years in US history (since the decade between JFK's assassination, Watergate, and the Vietnam escalation) is that there has been a sincere loss in trust in humanity in America. We're all on our own now and the community is being destroyed. Church attendance has dropped dramatically in the past fifty years. Social institutions (American Legion, Kiwanis, Rotary Intl., etc.) have also experienced a decline.<BR/><BR/>I think maybe walls around houses are part of a much larger phenomenon in which we're all slowly losing our trust in our government, and subsequently our surrounding communities. Confucius would have a fit. Granted, though, the current administration is not helping the situation in any way. I don't foresee our government gaining the people's trust back anywhere in the near future.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072259264111848667noreply@blogger.com