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Les_the_Sarge_9_1 -> (9/13/2002 7:41:31 PM)
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One death is to much especially to the dead person.
A death in the family naturally means more to the family than it does to a stranger.
A dead citizen, will impact the citizens of that nation generally more than it will a foreigner.
Therefore, if it be one person, a 100 or several thousands, in the end it is likely it will be felt more so by the group it directly effects.
Now in defense of the US (something that the forum will agree, that Les the Sarge won't do without very good justification:) ), while the US may seem to some, untouched by the ravages of reality. or to some, to not have had the ravages of reality visited upon them, in quite the same proportions as it has been visited upon to others, it is entirely unkind to say they don't care.
I live in Canada. We enjoy a wonderful life here in Canada. That is not entirely my fault. Several times Canada has enjoyed the top slot as best place in the world to live. Even being above the US for selection.
I live in a country that does NOT allow lies, untruths, inaccuracies, falsehoods, or revisionist statements willingly. Now to be fair, those things are not always supported knowingly. So don't get set to accuse me of labelling others arbtrarily.
When I see the news on TV, sure it is often in sound bites, tiny snippets of barely meaningful news slices. But what I see is often a great deal more accurate than in some parts of the world.
Sure there is bias, bias is human nature.
But an outright lie will get stomped into the dust in Canada, and it is unlikely anyone will come to the aid of someone perpetrating a lie. That said, I generally trust the news to a point (I am no ones idea of a sucker of course).
It saddens me though, when I see comments that are merely ill advised rants, from people that sadly have not been told vital bits of news. History is also often sadly lacking. Perspective is often damaged by a sad lack of complete knowledge. Information is often sadly missing.
I say sadly to all of that, because it is rarely entirely the fault of the person making the statements.
Here I can casually retrieve information that is trustable, verifiable, and objective. I have people from cultures from all over the world. But this is not normally the case from a lot of the people living in a lot of the places around the world.
A bit of perspective is perhaps in order.
After the Second World War, it was generally speaking the US that rebuilt Germany, France, England, Japan and I am sure a host of other countries. And it should be noted, that 2 of the 4 countries mentioned above, spent several years killing 10s of thousands of US citizens. And yet the US went, after the hostilities had concluded, and rebuilt those countries.
Now a person can say what they want, but there is no way anyone is going to tell me, that those 2 Axis countries would have spent a dime rebuilding any of the countries they conquered had they won.
Here in Canada, I am often stunned at the vicious comments directed at the US. Especially when it is often the US, through it's many cultured population, that shows up with financial aid when mother nature kicks you and knocks you down.
But I don't recall ever once seeing foreign countries showing up in the US to help them after mother nature kicks the US and knocks it down.
When a foreign power kicks you and knocks you down, it is likely one of your neighbours that did it. And it is often the US that says, "hey we don't think you should do that".
True I am proud to say that Canada invented the Peacekeeper notion back in I think it was 56, but we sure don't have the cash to do it realistically (I wish my governement would finally accept that).
If the US is guilty of sometimes sticking an opinionated nose into someones country, you can be sure, they have good intentions. They might not always have the tact a foreign culture requires, but they can't be faulted for trying to be nice.
At the end of this long rant, I have to say Manuel, that Columbia is supporting a process, that funnels cocaine into the US.
If a person gives you support and infrastructure, financial aid and security, only as a means to produce a substance they intend to distribute into a foreign country, that is harmful to its people (people that are often lacking in wisdom), then it is pointless folly, when that nation gets sufficiently frustrated and upset, to say they are attacking you in an unwarranted fashion.
The US does not want cocaine in its country. If the people that insist on forcing it on US citizens (even if thse same unwise citizens want it), go ahead and do it, then the US is only going to respond back more forcibly.
If the US makes life difficult for those supporting the production of that substance, then I can only say, that those people have chosen unwisely.
If those people are unaware of all the facts, then that too is sad.
But it will not alter the simple truth, the US does not want cocaine forced upon its people.
I generally don't get political. It breaks a fundemental rule of mine. But being Canadian, I guess its a character flaw, we Canadians rarely stand by and let another force an injustice on an undeserving target.
I can say plenty of negative things about the US, but I never make any of it up.
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