John! Where have you been? :) Speaking of The Economist, anyone read Foreign Policy?
> First, I hope that it is self-evident to everyone here that > when Mr. Hoh writes that the US has moved from being the most > visible supporter of international human rights to, and I > quote, "its most visible outlier" - he is clearly lacking in > all credibility as a sincere appraiser of the > situation. In a world population by such nations as the DPRK, the > People's Republic of China, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Libyan Arab > Jamahiriya, Turkmenistan, and Zimbabwe - to call *the United > States* the most visible human rights outlier should leave > everyone absolutely speechless. Word, although when I read it, I certainly didn't think he was including those, but using some unfortunate hyperbole to describe our shift to the outside of Western society. -j- _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
