Or rabid liberalism raises its cancerous head yet once again --Mike
On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 9:43 AM, michael sylvester <msylves...@copper.net>wrote: > > The release of the Libyan terrorist by Scottish authorities so that he > could spend his terminal days at home and with family is an example of > differential cross-cultural attitudes between Europe and the U.S. > Obviously it demonstrates that Scottish judges took into account that there > is more to justice than the tit-for-tat mentality of the Americans. It is > interesting that the Europeans weigh various aspects of consequences of > certain actions and did not blindly reject the human element that to even in > our worse hour , being compassionate > is truly the quintessential human quality. There are other attitudes that > distinguishes Europeans from the Americans in terms of > prostitution,addiction,euthanasia,death penalty and many other. One > distinguishing characteristic between the two continents is that there is an > ambivalence about values in U.S culture and Americans > appear to have a need to seek approval.As the cross-cultural dude on > Tips,the Sottish justice system seem to take into account that justice may > lead to some incarceration,compassion is right and needs no consensus from > across the ocean.We all regret the loss of lives,but two wrongs do not make > a right. > This is beginning to remind me of bumper stickers I used to see in Florida > "We don't care how you do it up North." > Europeans may be expressing a similar theme-"We don't care how you do it in > the U.S" I understand that in some European countries even the a life > sentence is viewed as cruel. > > > So Stuart Mc Kelvie-Hail Scotland! > > Michael Sylvester.PhD > Daytona Beach,Florida > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) > > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
