tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post1278659713768535390..comments2024-03-28T12:16:12.797-07:00Comments on Inductivist: Ron Guhnamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-64877390341234690032007-01-26T08:19:00.000-08:002007-01-26T08:19:00.000-08:00South Africa especially, since they have the stark...South Africa especially, since they have the stark contrast with the well ordered (apartheid) relatively recent past to compare their present situation to. So it wouldn't be surprising that people have a sense of their society falling apart.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-56119039697160186692007-01-25T10:14:00.000-08:002007-01-25T10:14:00.000-08:00Perhaps those responses are "aspirational."
That ...Perhaps those responses are "aspirational."<br /><br />That is, Nigeria and South Africa are famously lawless. Plenty of American blacks are lawbreakers. Dismay at those facts might prompt those who answered the survey questions to wish for children to learn obedience, etc. in order to improve society.<br /><br />That doesn't mean the respondents themselves are very obedient, or whatever-- nor that their kids will actually learn those things.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com