{"id":5245,"date":"2026-07-03T07:10:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T07:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/?p=5245"},"modified":"2026-07-03T07:40:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T07:40:04","slug":"different-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/different-perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Different Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"422\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Different-Perspective-422x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Different-Perspective-422x1024.jpg 422w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Different-Perspective.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Original art by Raoul Pascual<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-right\">Raoul&#8217;s 2 cents<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6030e44e4b70445af781992c3e4f04f9\">Challenging the Status Quo<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-red-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a744403384e8da2e08548f93f1437ff7 wp-block-paragraph\">If you don\u2019t want to ponder, move on to the Jokes below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">I like honest, original, creative films where the director immerses the audience to a different world &#8212; a matrix world that runs parallel to our reality. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0414387\/?ref_=nm_knf_t_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pride and Prejudice<\/a> is such a movie. To be honest, I never read the book, and I thought it was chick flick (probably still is). I watched it because it was the movie choice of the women around me. I would have rather watched a blood and guts action movie.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/walking.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/walking.jpg 432w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/walking-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Yeah, yeah, <\/em>there was pompous dancing with embroidered hairstyles, upper-class British conversations &#8212; boring<em> girly<\/em> stuff. But then a scene of the heroine walking in the meadows came up. The scene lingered for what seemed like an eternity. Why did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0942504\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joe Wright<\/a>, the director, waste so much time on that? I realized the sophistication of this director. My antenna went up. He was a master storyteller who used all the tools of movie-making: cinematography, screenplay, music, acting, pacing &#8212; this was a celluloid masterpiece. In that subtle scene, the director told me that most civilizations walked at that time. No horses, no cars \u2026 people just walked for miles and miles. Only the rich had the luxury of moving to and fro without straining their muscles and perspiring (especially with all those layered clothing). The director was showing us class distinctions. This was the society Jane Austen (the author of the book the movie was based on) was born to in 1775 &#8212; a British society composed of the upper class, the lower class, and the middle class who struggled to climb up the social ladder. That was the status quo. Whether you&#8217;re born rich or poor you shut up and accept it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, an Atlantic ocean away, George Washington and patriotic Americans were struggling for independence from England. The English empire believed they had every right to siphon off the wealth of these low life colonials in order for the British elites to continue to languor in early retirement mode.<em> &#8220;How dare these Americans complain? We are the mother land. They serve us. Don\u2019t they realize we have our own class struggles at home? Why break the status quo?&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is why Jefferson\u2019s inclusion of the phrase \u201cinalienable rights\u201d in the Constitution is so profound: Even if others don\u2019t consider you their equal, their opinion cannot stop your right to live as you wish (just don\u2019t step on the other person\u2019s rights as well). Even if they don\u2019t consider you human, in God\u2019s eyes, you are. Can you read this article? <em>Good!<\/em> You\u2019re human! Can you give me the square root of 741776 divided by 742026 in 3 seconds?<em> Hello! <\/em>You\u2019re a robot!  And sorry &#8212; you don\u2019t have inalienable rights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disputes are inevitable in even the best societies. I\u2019m currently dealing with parking issues in my neighborhood. I\u2019m the president of the association. And, if you have neighbors, you know the small-scale Constitutional drama that comes with it. We\u2019ve got the hot heads, the <em>Yes Men<\/em> and the legal experts. I\u2019ve long wanted to withdraw from the responsibility and live a comfortable life and tend to my sheep and grow tilapia (in my dreams) but they keep on pulling me back in. <em>Looky here!<\/em> I\u2019m George Washington in Bermuda shorts with British Cardigan and Pembroke Welsh corgis. No wonder I can appreciate what George did for us. I guess conflicts follow you everywhere. What I\u2019ve learned is to determine what&#8217;s good for everyone, to be fair and consistent. And if they don\u2019t behave &#8212; \u201c<strong>Off with their heads!<\/strong>\u201d <em>Not<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This coming Independence Day holds more meaning to me now that I\u2019ve watched many of the historical videos with new interest. I admire our heroes. Wish I could say the same about the British. Sorry Jane Austen, but you guys stepped on our inalienable rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Go grill those burgers and give a toast to 250 years of independence. Let\u2019s honor those brave (yet imperfect) men who changed the British status quo and started the most ambitious political experiment the world has ever known. In God we trust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But this is just me. TGIF people!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">If you like my emails, please do me a favor and spread them around. Thank you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-028eca078276a6baa0c50df3b52f98ac\">Quotes of the week<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;British people would die for their right to drink themselves to death.&#8221;<\/em> &#8212; John Oliver<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;The British are brave people. They can face anything, except lions, their mothers, reality.&#8221;<\/em> &#8212; George Mikes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;British people don&#8217;t express themselves when they are with someone, at home, in pain. They don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s elegant.&#8221;<\/em> &#8212; Monica Bellucci<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;When you\u2019re born you get a ticket to the freak show. When you\u2019re born in America, you get a front row seat.&#8221;<\/em> &#8212; George Carlin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>&#8220;Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn\u2019t block traffic.&#8221;<\/em> &#8212; Dan Rather<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cWhat then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?\u201d<\/em> &#8212; Romans 8:31<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cThe thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.\u201d<\/em> &#8212; John 10:10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201cBut he said to me, \u2018My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.\u2019 Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.\u201d<\/em> &#8212; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cfca1e6e02c01a591479f119c0bbc6d9\">Memes of the Week<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to Bob of Los Angeles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-AMericanEnglish.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5248\" style=\"width:426px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-AMericanEnglish.jpg 432w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-AMericanEnglish-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-Brit-Measurement.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-Brit-Measurement.jpg 432w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-Brit-Measurement-259x300.jpg 259w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to Sandy of Whittier, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-BritishLaugh.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-BritishLaugh.jpg 432w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-BritishLaugh-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-RowdyBunch.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-RowdyBunch.jpg 432w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-RowdyBunch-251x300.jpg 251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to Barbara of Pasadena. CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-emptyBRAIN.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-emptyBRAIN.jpg 432w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-emptyBRAIN-270x300.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-imediately.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-imediately.jpg 432w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-imediately-248x300.jpg 248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to Jonathan of New York<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BoredNewton.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5254\" style=\"width:462px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BoredNewton.jpg 432w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/BoredNewton-295x300.jpg 295w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"485\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-LowerExpectations.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-LowerExpectations.jpg 432w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-LowerExpectations-267x300.jpg 267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to Joel of Alhambra, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-Shenanigan.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-Shenanigan.jpg 432w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-Shenanigan-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-Shenanigan-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to Doug of Boston, MA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-StartedCountry.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-StartedCountry.jpg 432w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-StartedCountry-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-StartedCountry-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to Norm of Encino, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Norm-69.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Norm-69.jpg 432w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Norm-69-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to Estella of Manila, Philippines<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-PaleHorse-cutie.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-PaleHorse-cutie.jpg 432w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-PaleHorse-cutie-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H-PaleHorse-cutie-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I found these<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"323\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/StarTrek-PrimeDirective.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/StarTrek-PrimeDirective.jpg 432w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/StarTrek-PrimeDirective-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"466\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/StarTrek-SUpervision.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/StarTrek-SUpervision.jpg 432w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/StarTrek-SUpervision-278x300.jpg 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My good friend (and jokester) Terry and I came up with these:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"635\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TBoy122-365.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TBoy122-365.jpg 432w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TBoy122-365-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"635\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TBoy122-341.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TBoy122-341.jpg 432w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/TBoy122-341-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"432\" height=\"609\" src=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HardHats-Pressure.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HardHats-Pressure.jpg 432w, https:\/\/travelingboy.com\/adventure\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/HardHats-Pressure-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hope I got you to smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raoulpascual.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SUBSCRIBE to Raoul&#8217;s TGIF Joke<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meanwhile, an Atlantic ocean away, George Washington and patriotic Americans were struggling for independence from England. The English empire believed they had every right to siphon off the wealth of these low life colonials in order for the British elites to continue to languor in early retirement mode. &#8220;How dare these Americans complain? We are the mother land. They serve us. Don\u2019t they realize we have our own class struggles at home? 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