From: Kai Becker (kmb@kai-m-becker.de)
Date: Sun Apr 07 2002 - 13:43:01 MDT
Am Sonntag, 7. April 2002 20:36 schrieb spike66:
> Your definition
> would put the American government on the good side for its opposition
> to the war. Evidently this is a logical contradiction: in the opinion
> of Europe and perhaps much of the rest of the world, US must
> automatically be defined as bad, regardless of its actions and regardless
> of its opinions.
A little bit bitter, hm? There's a proverb in german, "gut gemeint ist oft
das Gegenteil von gut" - well meant is often the opposite of well done...
You'd be perfectly right - if you'd follow Mr. McCarthy and his folk, and
term everything "unamerican" that doesn't fit into the arrogant super-power
scheme. Sorry, but the line goes through the USA as well as through all
other countries. It is a personal decision, where to stand.
Kai
P.S. Being "good" on one topic doesn't excuse to be "bad" on another. So,
justifying "bad" behaviour or demanding following with the "good" deeds of
the past is not a valid argument.
-- == Kai M. Becker == kmb@kai-m-becker.de == Bremen, Germany == "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced"
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