----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [L3] RE: religious/political question
> > > On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Dan Minette wrote: > > > But, that's not where we are. As far as I can tell from the opinion > > polls and other reports, the opinion of the US held by the people of > > Iraq is souring. We are being seen less as liberators and more as > > foreign occupiers. While the idea that people would welcome anyone who > > delivered them from a tyrant with open arms sounds extremely logical; > > things can often be more complex than this. For example, intervention > > in abusive families often/usually results in the victims of the abuse > > feeling resentment and anger towards the outside agency that intervenes. > > The shame of needing outside intervention to handle an internal matter > > can be very high. Different people/countries can handle that type of > > shame in different manners. Everything that I've seen indicates that > > people in that region are very concerned with face, and are willing to > > lie through their teeth in order to preserve face. > > Think globally, analogize locally? I was thinking more along the lines of offering evidence that people do indeed act in this manner, at least on a small scale. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
