Daniel K. wrote:
"Americans like to think in terms of "first causes". This is due to their
historical grounding in the bible (the word of God).
Once they have established a principle, they like to follow it to its
ultimate conclusion, however grotesque the results.
That's why they have guns (bec
From: "Daniel Koechlin"
> The Americans are decidedly anti-dialectic.
And that statement isn't?
A European here, and I'm not convinced the distinction is quite as you put
it. Though maybe a useful way to think about it is the distinction between
procedural and distributive justice. And yet I
Americans like to think in terms of "first causes". This is due to their
historical grounding in the bible (the word of God).
Once they have established a principle, they like to follow it to its
ultimate conclusion, however grotesque the results.
That's why they have guns (because of the right
