09-09-2005, 08:57 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-09-2005, 09:03 PM by Rhydderch Hael.)
To mine eyes, the destruction of New Orleans isn't quite as dire to the national economy as the essay proclaims. The machinery of America isn't going to sputter to a stop because the mouth of the Mississippi is temporarily closed, and surely not as bad as it would have been should the Redcoats have taken it in 1815.
We live in the 21st Century, with nifty things called 'railroads' and 'interstate highways'. We have rivers made of stone and steel now.
Sure, the barge traffic on the river is cheaper and easier, but it isn't the only horse in the town anymore.
We live in the 21st Century, with nifty things called 'railroads' and 'interstate highways'. We have rivers made of stone and steel now.
Sure, the barge traffic on the river is cheaper and easier, but it isn't the only horse in the town anymore.
Political Correctness is the idea that you can foster tolerance in a diverse world through the intolerance of anything that strays from a clinical standard.