As we travelled with Semester at Sea in some conflicted
places, we were encouraged to not speak about politics and religion. Neither were we to take pictures of anything
having to do with the military or police.
This was particularly the case in Vietnam and in Myanmar.
What a pleasure it has been to be a setting for free
conversation about any and all topics – including politics and religion. Our Servas host family not only made us very
welcome and answered our millions of questions, but they also entered into easily
into wide ranging conversations.
On everyone’s minds is the vote this fall on the
independence of Scotland. Clearly the
devil is in the details. Scotland has
had its own education system for a long time, but the vote for independence
would give it a lot more economic independence.
It is hard to sort out what that might really mean, even for people who
are very informed.
No comments:
Post a Comment