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Saturday, January 26, 2013

Imaginary lines

A family member was complaining about an arbitrary rule that resulted in an inconvenience because we happen to live on the losing side of a state line- everything we need generally lies on the other side, and because that is a different state, some things are off-limits to us and we have to go miles out of our way to something "in state".  In this case it was a dog rescue group that wouldn't take in a starving dog that was rescued because "we don't take them from out of state".

My family member was griping that it was all "because of that imaginary line".

I agree.  The thing is, she's perfectly fine with other imaginary lines.  Why does the imaginary line between "Texas" and "New Mexico" on a map bother her, while the imaginary lines between "The USA" and "Mexico" or "Canada" are fine with her?  (I'm kidding- I doubt she cares about the imaginary line that says where Canada begins.)

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2 Comments:

Blogger Skitz O'Fuel said...

Borders are one of those ancient political tools that have eroded man's trust of his fellow man. My I suggest reading anything by B. Traven. His gospel is a tirade against borders and individual identification.

Sat Jan 26, 09:23:00 AM 2013  
Blogger Kent McManigal said...

I'll check him out. I'm in the middle of reading That Night Filled Mountain right now.

Sat Jan 26, 09:40:00 AM 2013  

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