At Stardate 20030627.1753, Jan Coffey wrote:
> Does the American public actually have any idea about how we perceive your > extreme distrust of government and anything that reeks of government > involvement?
No please explain.
I already explained that in the sentence following the above sentence.
We distrust governement becouse nearly all of us were, or have ancestors who were burned by one governement or another (even the USA). So I would not say that our distrust is unwarented.
I think it's rather odd that you have such mistrust of your government. After all, the people in your government are there because you *elected* them into those positions. Why do you vote for people you don't trust?
We fear all governments, yours, ours, all government. We value freedom more than you do obviously. However, I do not beleive that you speak for all netherlanders.
Likewise, I don't believe you speak for all Americans. FREX, you have stated earlier that Americans are supertolerant, but I know of a mailing list whose archive is full of examples of Americans being anything but tolerant towards other Americans and to non-Americans. Likewise, you claim that Americans have a great distrust of government, but I know some Americans who unquestioningly support the current Bush regime.
Jeroen van Baardwijk
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