Keith,
My point is not that people should not try to learn and do what is right and
correct...it is that you CANNOT hold someone responsible for something that
they have no CONTROL over. That is by its very definition, unfair. That is
middle ages thinking at best. To be blunt, I generally
Sure, Randall, whatever.
If I had any ire I'd maybe considering tempering it.
Here's the specific question I posed to some colleagues: Does/can
mainstream exposure to progressive ideas really make a difference?
How can we tell? was Howard Zinn's response. Most actions/events,
if they make a
Lots of people are commenting that Americans are waking up en masse.
One view I get of it comes from what many American applicants to join
the list tell listadmin.
In the last year the numbers of applicants rose steadily overall, a
considerably steeper rise than a year previously. The global
Keith,
You did forget to mention the around 50,000 dead children,
because of lack of food and medicine as the direct result of
the US led blockade of Iraq between the wars. It is difficult
to see what the children did to deserve this.
Hakan
At 22:58 10/05/2006, you wrote:
Sure, Randall,
"My point is not that people should not try to learn and do what is right and correct...it is that you CANNOT hold someone responsible for something that they have no CONTROL over. That is by its very definition, unfair."YouCANhold someone accountable for not acting locally to build a base
Keith,
You said: We've just dealt with this, in the torture thread. Please go and
read it. You are complicit. What are you doing about it? You're obliged to
be aware of what your government does abroad with your tax money, and if you
do nothing to counter it you are complicit. What other
Hello Randall
Keith,
You said: We've just dealt with this, in the torture thread.
Please go and read it. You are complicit. What are you doing about
it? You're obliged to
be aware of what your government does abroad with your tax money,
and if you do nothing to counter it you are complicit.