In the rathouse 'o interpretation (WAS Re: politics and religion...)

jbor jbor at bigpond.com
Sun Feb 23 16:56:58 CST 2003


on 24/2/03 9:37 AM, prozak at anus.com at prozak at anus.com wrote:

> 
>>>> It seemed to imply that it is proper and rightful, in your eyes, for
>>>> Saddam's regime to be left be.
>>> 
>>> There's several questions here:
>>> 
>>> 1. Should the US play world policeman?
>> 
>> Not vigilante-style. Never vigilante-style.
> 
> Absolutism.

No, opinion. Never did get a kick from those Charles Bronson movies.

>>> 2. Contingent upon that, is global politics necessary?
>> 
>> Nationalism leads to World Wars. Surely "we" know that.
> 
> Globalism might also :) or worse, something that's not as evident in
> its destruction.

There's a difference between "has" and "will", and "might", which I'm
willing to back. For the moment.
 
best




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