RE: Ethical advances Re: Non-proliferation RE: Authority of the marketplace?

[Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLBD/BGM/SVM/SGM]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: Thursday, July 19, 2001 4:20 AM
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Ethical advances Re: Non-proliferation RE: Authority of the
> marketplace?

> 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?)

Is there any *evidence* that they were going to drop a nuke on the US?


> 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.

Which takes us right back where we were about a month ago. Anyone want to
start another "The US Is The Greatest" thread?


Jeroen

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