Howard, Not all the world has the same values etc as the US. Why should the US impose their attitudes, values or morality on those countries. For instance the US has a set of laws that forbid trading with Cuba. Canada allows full commercial exchange with Cuba. Periodically some fanatical anticommunist of a prosecutor tries to haul a Canadian company into court over a trading deal with Cuba. Is that right?
Another example - Nonprofit funding for birth control clinics. GW Shrub has reimposed regulations that forbids staff members from even talking about abortion. This is imposing a certain segment of the US's morality on other countries, as well as forbidding free speech of certain topics. larry -- Larry C. Lyons ColdFusion/Web Developer Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer EBStor.com 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 tel: (703) 393-7930 fax: (703) 393-2659 Web: http://www.ebstor.com http://www.pacel.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. -- > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 10:59 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: jihad for kids .. wheeee > > > Before Sept. 11, there would be rallies in Kabul supporting > the Taliban. Of > course, the people would show up and cheer. > > After the U.S. destroyed the Taliban, people were dancing in > the street. > > Nobody, except the oppressors, want to live in an oppressive > society. All > people want to be free. It's just human nature. > > Obviously, we're right. We're right to the point that there > is no logical > argument against it. All people want to be free. And the U.S. > has a moral, > ethical obligation (always has and has almost always, until > now, failed in > the obligation) to help all people, the world over, become free. > > Freedom is right. Tyranny is wrong. It's that simple. > > H. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Benjamin Falloon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 10:53 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: jihad for kids .. wheeee > > > wow. Are you really right? Is your way the 'right' way? > > So what you're saying is essential "it's our way or the highway"? > > What happens if they choose the highway? Do they get the bomb? > > Benjamin > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 4:37 PM > Subject: RE: jihad for kids .. wheeee > > > > It's issues like this that have turned me from a fairly > moderate person > when > > it comes to foreign policy toward the middle east, to a > down-right hawk. > > > > I've ranted about this before -- and Beth even agreed with > me (well, most > of > > it, she said) -- "They will like us when we win." > > > > We are in for long-term trouble if we don't put a stop to > this sort of > > propaganda now. And the best way to do that is show our > enemies that we > mean > > business, so that our near enemies (the Saudis, for > example), get the > > message. > > > > I don't think the middle eastern countries really got the > message after > > Afghanistan -- we mean business. Either you join the modern > world, become > a > > free-market democracy, with full rights for all people, or > you face our > > wrath. > > > > There is no more room for making nice with the Palestinians. If the > > Palestinians are serious about obtaining a homeland -- > something I support > > under the right circumstances -- then they must reform > themselves. They > must > > embrace our (and Israel's) values -- by that I mean, the > rule of law, > > freedom, a market economy. > > > > It is time that we start treating countries that do not > share our values > as > > either enemies or potential enemies. It is essential if we > are ever going > to > > create a peaceful world. > > > > Fascism (which is what counties like Saudi Arabia are) and > communism are > > systems of government and economics that are totally > antithesis to our > own. > > We must treat them as such from now on. The formally > politically correct > > attitude we once took toward governments that differed from > us ("we do our > > thing and you do yours because there is no right or wrong > government") has > > no place in the post-Sept. 11 world. We are right. Anything > that conflicts > > with our values (rule of law, freedom, market economy) is > wrong. It's that > > simple. > > > > H. > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Training from the Source Step by Step ColdFusion http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201758474/houseoffusion Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
