Well how long has america been enlighted by your standard?

Post #92,443 by boxley 3/28/03 11:06:23 AM Reply	Well how long has america been enlighted by your standard? The rest of the progress and achievements you mention were restricted to the few privileged (like many other governments in other regions). Most people ate their rice, sold the rest to pay taxes, sat in the dirt, and died when it was convenient. that is different how than day to day America? Since America's subjegation and wars against original occupants didnt end until 1912 and genocide was actively practiced into the early 1960's what date do you submit as a start date for America's wonderful state of being? thanx, bill will work for cash and other incentives [link\|http://home.tampabay.rr.com/boxley/resume/Resume.html\|skill set] questions, help? [link\|mailto:pappas@catholic.org\|email pappas at catholic.org] Since corporations are the equivelent of human but they have no "concience" they are by definition sociopaths
Post #92,465 by cybermace5 3/28/03 12:30:05 PM Reply	Re: Well how long has america been enlighted by your standar America doesn't even enter into this conversation. If I wanted to compare Chinese civilization with anything else, it would be Arabian, Egyptian or Grecian/Roman. No, those civilizations were not devoid of brutal empires and rulers either...which was my point. Not that China is any worse than the rest of us, but they aren't any better either.
Post #92,469 by jake123 3/28/03 12:46:23 PM Reply	But back to the original original point They certainly have a lot more experience of the posit that was made at the beginning of this thread, to wit: "There are times when one need do little but watch and wait as those whom one opposes on one matter or another make even bigger mistakes. We Chinese have had many more centuries than the Americans to grasp this truth." You can say the same things about European civilisation, and even Middle Eastern civilization. Interestingly enough, almost all of the above seem to think the US is making a mistake. This is my real problem with the war; I think that the US is making a colossal blunder that will reverberate for many many years, possibly unto the next generation. --\n-------------------------------------------------------------------\n* Jack Troughton jake at consultron.ca \n [link\|http://consultron.ca\|http://consultron.ca] [link\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca\|irc://irc.ecomstation.ca] \n Kingston Ontario Canada [link\|news://news.consultron.ca\|news://news.consultron.ca] *\n-------------------------------------------------------------------
Post #92,478 by cybermace5 3/28/03 1:15:21 PM Reply	Re: But back to the original original point And my original original point is that it hasn't done them much good.

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