At 11:48 PM 7/18/01 +1200 K.Feete wrote:
>>Of course, at this point I would point out that the USA has made more
>>ethical advances in the past 100 years than any other nation - but you
>>never seem much interested in addressing that point.
>
>The Japanese disagree.
Never said that the United States was *perfect*. Just said that we had
made more ethical advances than any other nation. (As a side note, I bet
an awful lot of Japanese *don't* disagree. After all, is there any doubt
that they would have dropped a nuclear bomb on us?)
>Also, I think you've just offended the Europeans. And most other people.
>John, the entire *world* has made massive leaps in ethics over the past
>century,
Never said they didn't.
I apologize that my choice of words was a bit unclear, but what I intended
to say was that the United States has introduced more new, positive,
ethical constructs into world opinion in the past 100 years than any other.
I think that there is little disagreement that the United States originated
the ethical constructs of:
1) The United Nations as a means of world peace
2) The policy of "malice towards none, charity towards all" for our
defeated enemies
3) The "Clinton Doctrine" that sovereignty does not permit atrocities.
That's three right there. I doubt that anyone can identify a list of new
ethical advances that is as long for any other nation.
JDG
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