"Americans as a whole don't care whether the people in the Third World live or die. That's why they elect leaders who don't care whether these people live or die and who design and implement their global strategies accordingly. The emotional reactions (and overreactions) we're seeing in the Arab world are because they're realizing this, too"
I don't agree with singling America out for callousness. I can't think of a single country that acts more virtuously when it has power. We are not fundamentally flawed in the world as Americans compared to people from other countries. As long as people in Africa die by the millions as we all watch, no county has the high ground on compassion. The history of man doesn't show any country acting better in any way. It's a primate thing. It is amazing that we ever transcend our past. --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@> > wrote: > > > > On Sep 17, 2006, at 2:31 AM, Irmeli Mattsson wrote: > > > > > --- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > The current conflict continues as long as the West thinks that > > > > by killing enough of the third world people, we can force the > > > > rest into submission and servitude. It isn't working, nor will > > > > it. > > > > > > Is this really how the majority of people and the politicians > > > in the USA think? > > > > OF course not. What do you think? A few lunatics on the > > right do, and unfortunately they've cheated and bullied > > their way into power. It won't last, it never does. > > To present the deva's advocate position, one could > safely say that because in theory America is a democracy, > and because in a democracy those who get to run the country > and set its policies can do so only because the majority > of the population *allows* them to do so (via elections), > America's policies towards the Third World *do*, in fact, > represent the thinking of the American people. > > If they cared anything about these people in Third World > countries, Americans wouldn't have allowed their leaders > to have treated them the way they have, for decades now. > But they clearly *didn't* care, and still don't, because > they have done nothing to remove the leaders who treat > the Arab world the way they do. > > That's the thing that Europeans see about American Whiners > that the whiners themselves don't see. Americans are always > whining about how their leaders don't really represent "who > and what Americans 'really' are." I'm with Maharishi on this > one -- I think that today's American leaders very *accurately* > represent how most of today's Americans think. And as long > as the people allow the current leaders to *stay* leaders, > that thinking on the part of the American population has > not changed. > > Americans as a whole don't care whether the people in the > Third World live or die. That's why they elect leaders > who don't care whether these people live or die and who > design and implement their global strategies accordingly. > The emotional reactions (and overreactions) we're seeing > in the Arab world are because they're realizing this, too. > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
