Put in those terms, probably not. Unfortunately nations tend to be run by people with power. As we all know, power corrupts people. So even if a nation started out good it wouldn't take too long for human nature to step in and ruin things.
-----Original Message----- From: Vivec [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 11:52 AM To: cf-community Subject: Re: US apologises for reprehensible experiments. I was thinking more in terms of countries. See, American propaganda portrays the nation as For the people, by the people, the epitomy of freedom and democracy, the birthplace of liberty and Good in the world. Russia has always been portrayed as communist, closed, against human rights, cut throat and vicious. China similarly...hell on earth if you fall afoul of the communist powers that be. Saudi Arabia is supposed to be a dictatorial, backward state where your life and limbs are worth less than a bowl of fruit and a kiss could get you jailed. Britain is upright and full of integrity, save for that little stint of Imperialism - fair and unbiased. But when you read about things like this...you ask the question is any nation really 'Good'. Do any of them stand for what is right? Is there anything they would NOT do if they could get away with it? On 4 October 2010 09:52, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sure there are good guys. They're normal people who have no chance of > ever getting any real power. You'll never hear their names on the news, > but make no mistake, they're out there. > > If you want to find them a good place to start looking is in large > vehicles with flashing lights. Not that all paramedics and fire fighters > are 'good guys', but I think most are. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:328480 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
