In a message dated 9/14/2002 9:23:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
hidden@lucifer.com writes:
> Summation
>
> Yes the US has suffered grievous harms. Not least those self-imposed and
> most certainly many triggered by the perception held of her by much of the
> remainder of the world. While it is true that not all of that perspective
> is accurate, much of it is. For example, the US has repeatedly proven
> herself an untrustworthy aid source, a very unreliable partner and a very
> ill-behaved debtor. And this invites retribution from the innumerable
> people and groups who perceive themselves as having been harmed or
> prejudiced by her actions. I would argue that this is a far more visible,
> insidious and much greater danger than those which the action which Joe
> Dees advocates is intended to forefend.
>
>
Excellent. If we (U.S.), as individuals and as a nation, are unable to
understand and adhere to our own societal network protocols ('rights',
treaties, contracts, etc.), we cannot expect to long survive as a viable
network, nor to win the symbiotic incorporation of other 'more primitive'
human soceital networks into our own.
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