"John D. Giorgis" schreef:
> At 04:21 PM 6/2/01 +0200 J. van Baardwijk wrote:
> >So, who is to decide?
>
> You are. I was asking you (well, Sonja in this case - but same thing,
> right? >:-)>) for your assessment of the situation. I'm not asking if you
> think that the US was a net force of good by 42 points or anything, I am
> just asking if you think that the US was a net force of good, period.
> Well, it would be nice if you could say "barely a net source of good" vs.
> "far and away a net source of good."
Neither. The US has (just as many other countries) a lot of good sides but I
figure there are also enough bad sides to compensate for that. So I'm neither
very impressed nor do I disapprove of the US as such or because it's the US. If
you ask me, it's just another country with citizens, points of views, politics,
sciences, successes, failures and more. Unfortunatly that is not how US
citizens usually see themselves. But I'm raised in the traditional Dutch spirit
(live and let live) so I can accept that. :o)
However one thing I do really like very much about the US is, that it always
does have a high entertainment value. ;o)
Sonja
