93 Year Old WWII Vet Freezes to Death at Home...

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

Merc, by your reasoning then no other culture or economy or blah blah can be compared to that of the US considering the situation.

I think it's naive to think that lessons can't be learned from others who are perhaps not so powerful or established or wealthy.

My point is the comparisons are not so easily transferable. That is a fact.

[Aliantha]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

My point is the comparisons are not so easily transferable. That is a fact.

Well, I don't think comparisons are meant to be an exact science. When making a comparison, you acknowledge both the similarities and the differences in order to reach some conclusive thought.

For example, many people have compared my extended family to that of an Italian or Greek family structure, but we're definitely not the same. For one thing, we speak a different language and eat different food, and there's not the same strict heirarchy, and we have a different religion, and a different culture, but there are definitely some striking similarities in that we all know our second and third cousins and associate regularly, and in general, any minor feuds are patched up pretty quickly for the sake of 'the family' at large in order to create a good environment/example for the kids. We've stuck together when lots of other families are becoming very nuclear.