Questions from the back of the card: Country

the interesting idea... the start of this project... the conversations to come

I'm a member of Post Crossing, the internet site for postcard exchange. I sent a card to another Post Crosser, Ilona from Germany. She asked that people tell her which magical power they would like to have. Her question really made me think!

In turn, I thought it would be an interesting project to ask people to pose Thought-Provoking Questions. I would do my best to answer with my opinion, and I would encourage others to add theirs.

And, so was born this blog! I hope that it will be the home for many interesting conversations in the year ahead!

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Where in the world is Carmen Santiago... I mean, where am I?

From Krakow, in Poland comes this query...

If you have a chance to choose a country in which to be born one more time, which would it be?

Now, I could flatter this questioner and say "why, Poland, of course!" I could be patriotic and say, "why the one in which I live now, of course!"

But the honest truth is, I don't know. I don't know enough about the world to make a good choice! (One of the reasons I was drawn to Post Crossing was to learn more about the world; I'm not sure that I have enough learning yet to make a decision!)

Thursday, November 4, 2010

The good of the many question

Oh, I've been asked variations on this question from Lithuania before:

Your country is at war. You have special powers. You can save your country and lose your family. You can save your family and everyone else dies. What do you do?

If it was just me, and I could be 100% sure everyone else (including my family) survives, I'd do it. The rest of it, I cannot get my brain to consider!