Jeroen van Baardwijk wrote:
> 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?
Because otherwise, we wouldn't have *any* government. You can't trust *anybody* to always be a valuable public servant. Power corrupts, so it's possible for even the nicest, most heroic politician to become corrupt or power-hungry. We need safeguards in place to keep it from causing too much damage, when it happens.
> 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.
Please don't dredge this old stuff back up, if you want this list to stay pleasant.
> Likewise, you claim that Americans have a great distrust of > government, but I know some Americans who unquestioningly > support the current Bush regime.
They're wrong to *unquestionably* support the Bush regime. It gives me the creeps at least as much as the naive hero worship of the Kennedys that I've seen. ______________________________________________________________________ Steve Sloan ......... Huntsville, Alabama =========> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brin-L list pages .............................. http://www.brin-l.org Chmeee's 3D Objects .................... http://www.sloan3d.com/chmeee 3D and Drawing Galleries .................. http://www.sloansteady.com Software ................ Science Fiction, Science, and Computer Links Science fiction scans ......................... http://www.sloan3d.com
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