On Sun, 23 Sep 2001 02:41:21 +0200, Michael Polak wrote:
> I think that some cure for problems of today's world would be _real
> economical and political globalisation_ - which would mean anyone would
> be allowed to travel and _work_ anywhere, anyone would be able to elect
> representatives to "parliament of United Nations", anyone would be
> punishable for crimes against humanity, like killing other people, the
> crimes against humanity would be investigated and judged equaly never
> mind if they happen in Rwanda, Bosnia, Kosovo or New York.
No. The type of government that is good for my country would
not be good for many other countries. The laws of my state,
Virginia, would be very difficult for the majority of
Californians to abide by, and vice-versa. There are things I can
do that are perfectly legal in Virginia, but if I did the same
kinds of things in California I could get convicted of felonies.
There are things people can do in California that are perfectly
legal there, but if they did the same things here they would go to
jail. Different folks from different countries and from different
regions of one's own country have different values. They disagree
on what ought to be considered a crime. Even in areas in which
there is agreement on what ought to be treated as a crime, they
will disagree on what punishment should be prescribed. I am
against world government and I am also against creating a uniform
code of laws for all the various states in my own country. I
believe that the people from each state should have the right to
decide what is best for them, subject only to certain reasonable
restrictions as regards respect for basic human rights. (BTW,
this is a highly typical viewpoint of the average southerner in
the US. Most of them are Republicans because the Republican Party
officially supports this kind of thinking. Hence there is no
mystery as to why Bush received so many votes from the southern
US.) If almost everyone in the world could agree on what we
should consider as being basic human rights, then we could have
peace on earth. I'm afraid that will never happen in our time.
Sam Heywood
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