In , Earl Johnston
wrote:

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003 17:29:58 -0700, Frank Gilliland
wrote:

In , Earl Johnston
wrote:
... In most of the world, anything which is not forbidden,
is permitted.

You haven't seen very much of the world first-hand, have you?


Not nearly as much as I'd like to. Have travelled exttensively
through Canada, US, Mexico, England, Scotland & Wales.

Admittedly, most of the information I have is second hand.. Australian
Uncle, ...Father and Mother travelled extensively for years through
Europe and the far East..Dad worked in India for some time..My
Daughter who works in Hong Kong, just came home from 4 months in
Mainland China.

While there is no substitute for first hand experience, in today's
information age, a great deal of knowledge about a place can be gained
without actually being on the ground.

While I may not have the stamps in my passport that others do, my
lack of world travel experience does not invalidate my position that
in most countries where the rule of law prevails, anything which is
not forbidden, is permitted.

I spent a little time in the Middle East. While I was there I learned that there
are places you don't go, people you don't talk to, things you don't say, etc,
even though there is no law forbidding such things. I have been other places as
well, and it's pretty much the same way everywhere I went. The US is pretty
unique in that we need every single little rule of conduct to be codified as law
in explicit terms before people finally decide to behave themselves. But as
exemplified in this newsgroup and on the Citizen's Band, even -that- doesn't
always work.





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