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http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/index.php/2006/12/02/mr_carl_griffith_and_his_amazing_1847_so]]> tag:nicolesauce.com,2008-07-21:1213748 Diesel Mike 2008-07-21T18:56:39Z 2008-07-21T18:56:39Z I felt the question was a moot point, because regardless of who is 'smarter' or comes up with a 'better' set of standards, the masses will win the toss by default.
Name me king of the world tomorrow, I'll declare that I'm laying out the new standards for our society and I'm starting with the edict that everyone should wear a bone through their nose and raw egg in their hair. The only real new standard for society that I'd set is it would become 'standard' for society to ignore me.
It's a silly example, but the bottom line is that it will be the masses that set the standards. If the standards are set by an elite few, the masses force the standards to shift and adjust to accommodate them. Does everyone drive the speed limit? We have police to enforce it, and yet it is so 'standard' for people to exceed the limit that they do not issue a citation unless you were well in excess or did something else to get his attention. The new 'standard' has become (standard limit + 5 to 10), may vary from state to state depending on circumstance and how much those local masses pushed the standard from it's original point.
The standards in our society shift constantly, driven by the attitudes of the masses. For better or worse, right or wrong, I think inertia wins over intelligence.]]> tag:nicolesauce.com,2008-07-18:1206630 mom 2008-07-18T15:23:45Z 2008-07-18T15:23:45Z tag:nicolesauce.com,2008-07-18:1206621 mom http://tucsondiocesanchoir.wordpress.com/ 2008-07-18T15:20:16Z 2008-07-18T15:20:16Z Then the question might be stated: Which do you think is better at developing the standards of society -- all of us, some of us (and who gets to choose the "some"), or the elite? To which I would add: If you will leave me to live, I will let you decide your societal standards. If your pursuit of life limits or destroys mine, you will hear about it.
So my answer: I desire to be the expert who gets to decide societal standards for myself and my dependents -- until I transgress your space and life.]]> tag:nicolesauce.com,2008-07-04:1169211 Nicole Sauce http://nicolesauce.com 2008-07-04T00:12:42Z 2008-07-04T00:12:42Z tag:nicolesauce.com,2008-07-04:1169207 Nicole Sauce http://nicolesauce.com 2008-07-04T00:11:13Z 2008-07-04T00:11:13Z tag:nicolesauce.com,2008-07-03:1168461 Lannae http://LannaeLong.blogspot.com 2008-07-03T16:35:50Z 2008-07-03T16:35:50Z tag:nicolesauce.com,2008-07-03:1168198 mama sauce http://nysarastudios.blogspot.com/ 2008-07-03T14:19:15Z 2008-07-03T14:19:15Z tag:nicolesauce.com,2008-07-01:1163279 Nicole Sauce http://nicolesauce.com 2008-07-01T19:22:30Z 2008-07-01T19:22:30Z tag:nicolesauce.com,2008-07-01:1163277 Nicole Sauce http://nicolesauce.com 2008-07-01T19:21:01Z 2008-07-01T19:21:01Z