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To: Teacher317
Sooner or later, the progress will top out, and the people will grow restless if they do not start expanding social freedoms as well. The day WILL come.

Precendent, please? Keep in mind that the American ideals of social and personal freedoms have little currency in eastern cultures.

201 posted on 08/22/2007 5:42:10 AM PDT by jboot (If I can't get a Josiah, I'll settle for a Jehu)
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To: jboot
Precendent, please?

Japan seems rather prosperous, and has more social freedoms than most others.

Keep in mind that the American ideals of social and personal freedoms have little currency in eastern cultures.

Been there lately? Talk to any college aged kids?

210 posted on 08/22/2007 12:33:42 PM PDT by Teacher317
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