In a message dated 17/01/2003 15:00:26 GMT Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> <Kakki said> But how does one, in his defense, provide > proof of something that doesn't exist - what is the > saying - proving a negative? It doesn't matter - > truth has a way of eventually surfacing. > > Hmm? Is this about George W. or Saddam? > > Here's a humorous link on Iraq's task which is to also > "prove a negative" > > http://www.worldnewsstand.net/2002/article/11-25.htm > > This makes the point admirably, Jenny. It never ceases to amaze me that so many people in the USA (and, let's not forget, here in the UK too) are seemingly totally incapable of seeing things from the point of view of people in other nations and places. There is an unwillingness to recognise that the arguments used here by "us" to demonise "them" are really very similar to the arguments used by "them" to demonise "us". The assumption is that "we" are right and any suggestion to the contrary is to be brushed aside like an inconvenient hair on the collar. That is why that email spoof about the task force sent in to the "troubled north American country" USA to help them achieve democracy was so spot-on. If anyone wants to get into the heads of the many people around the world who are less than enamoured of "America" (and all the many things that means) and, crucially, to know WHY, one place to start is a book called Why Do People Hate America? by Ziauddin Sardar and Merryl Wyn Davies. Azeem in London NP: Duke Pearson - Bags Groove
