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Re: wake and smell the fucking coffee
"Paul Christian Glenn" <trance at radiks_net> sez:
>>what excellent case can be made for isolaitionism? i
>>haven't heard of one yet.
>
>Then you evidently haven't looked very far. Let's take a look at American
>society/culture and it's growth (quality, not quantity) between the civil war and
>WWI, as compared to the same between WWII and today. Which world would I want to
>live in? I have to go with the self-sufficient, self-concerned, and self-governed
>one. Getting involved in the affairs of other countries puts us at the mercy of
>foreign relations, and who needs that headache on top of what we already have to
>deal with?
Well, keep in mind that in the era that you're talking about, it was a lot
easier to isolate ourselves, since transatlantic travel wasn't as commonplace
then. Isolationism qua isolationism isn't possible in the same way as it was
in that era.
>Ah, yes. The almighty dollar. Who gives a shit what they do to their people, so
>long as we can make a buck.
I'll go along with this one.
>>thirdly, i lived there for 9 years,
>>and i can assure you there are no ethnic cleansing and the human rights
>>problem is not nearly as bad as some would have you believe.
>
>Um, okay. I'll just disregard all the reports and videotapes because you say it
>ain't so bad. Being (I presume) an American citizen, I can't imagine that it was
>all that bad for *you*.
You presume wrong, Senor Glenn.
>>but thank
>>you for referring to it as "fucking china" though.
>
>No problem. I'll continue to do so, if it pleases ya. :)
heh.
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