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* Originally from Paul Nixon (1:270/615.77) to All.
* Original dated: Sun Sep 28, 15:55

From: Paul Nixon 
Subject: [fidoguns] On diversity

 From Col. Cooper:

http://www.dvc.org.uk/~johnny/jeff/

Some of our pundits choose to make a political virtue of diversity. The 
point is not necessarily well taken. The goal of good government is the 
optimum balance of liberty and order. Social diversity does not pull in 
that direction. Liberty is what we seek over the centuries, but if we grant 
it to too diverse a population, order disappears. It is said that in 
Switzerland nobody knows the name of the sitting president, and Switzerland 
seems to offer a nice balance. Social discipline is not best enforced by 
regulation, but rather by custom. The Swiss are diverse linguistically, but 
not socially, and they seem to make out pretty well without recourse to the 
police state. Regarding the United States, which is an entirely different 
political organism, it would seem that we ought to choose assimilation over 
diversity. We have unsegregated schools in which the children segregate 
themselves by choice. Our military establishment does surprisingly well in 
this regard, but of course, the military is and must be a tightly 
disciplined organization. It seems to me that diversity, rather than being 
a goal to be sought, should be an obstacle to be circumvented. 

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