Re: Wall Street Journal: 'Leisureville: Adventures in America's Retirement Utopias'
GF, yes and no. I don't agree with what he wrote but I understand it and I am willing to bet his attitude will change as he ages. No matter, he has the right to write it. I have the right to accept what he says, ignore it or argue it. I hate bigoted remarks and some of his remarks were bigoted. I'd love to wipe ignorance off the face of this earth and there's no question he is at the very least partially ignorant about retirement communities in general and TV in particular. However, that doesn't mean I have the right to stop him saying what he chooses.
About the only point he made that was valid to me was the loss to the community of this wonderful couple. I'm glad they chose TV as their new residence. They will obviously be a great asset here.
I don't think I ever said what he wrote was good just that I understood that some of his comments were made with the arrogance of youth. Some of his comments actually had me gritting my teeth but I'll still defend his right to say them.
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"There are only two ways to live your life: One is as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as though everything is a miracle." Albert Einstein
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