On 06/01/2009, at 2:37 PM, Dan M wrote: > > You know you've now changed the subject from the original topic.
Conversational drift. Blame the viral load. Chewy phlegm. Yum. > I was > arguing, rather convincingly IMHO, that the US was not horrid and > not about > to fall. Well, to drag it back - by some measures, the US *has* failed. Utterly. And the attitude that the US knows best does prevail through many areas (the recent hostile takeover of the International Human Powered Vehicle Association by the American contingent is just one example - newsflash the US IS NOT "International"...). By others, the US is doing very nicely. Where would I be without my supply of big-budget SF movies and TV crime drama? Put it this way - 8 *more* years of Bush (or if McCain had won) and the US would be in very serious strife, as would the rest of the world. Ideology can only trump reality for a while. Maybe, just maybe, under new leadership, the pendulum will swing back, and health, policing, international policy and respect for individual rights will improwe to the level the US collectively says it aspires to. I hope so, 'cause at the moment the world does at least look to the States as a belweather, even if they disagree. > Now, you change the argument to "the US is not the only country of > worth; many other folks in many other countries have done good things. > Furthermore, we're all dependant on the good work of those who came > before > us" Yes, 'cause it's worth remembering. :-) > > > You have now forced me into the following response by this action sir: > > I agree with you. Woohoo. C. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
