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Re: If women were in charge...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 18 May 2001 15:03:34 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Selçuk Göre writes:
> Add Turkey to this list. Once we had a female prime minister. Was it
> different? Hell no!.. Same level of corruption, if not more.
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> Maybe the subject of a much more interesting discussion is:
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> What would the world be like if real human beings (that is human beings
> who did not behave like greedy animals) were the major leaders
> (presidents, prime ministers, etc.)? Better, worse, same?
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> Selçuk
There's a website with a list of all the female national leaders this past
century (I think I typed in "female world leaders" on yahoo).
The trouble is that in both the cases of women or "real human beings" we are
talking about individuals. Put a real human being in charge of Iraq -
wouldn't last because there's an entrenched system. Rwanda's first female
Prime Minister, Agathe Uwinlingiyimana, is a case in point (assassinated,
followed by the Hutu/Tutsi genocidal war). You have to root out the whole
nest of greedy animals.
An individual can make a difference, but it ain't easy. And of course,
starting off as a non-greedy non-animal and staying that way is another
problem (power corrupts). It would probably help to remove all tyrants,
dictators-for-life, Kings, Queens, People's Revolutionary Leaders With Real
Big Guns, Generals, Fanatic Theocracies, etc.
We could put 'em all on an island and have a third season of Survivor, where
the loser dies! I'd actually watch that one (Oooooooo, Saddam, ya shouldn't
have stepped on that lethal trap....pass the popcorn).
Bruce
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| (...) Add Turkey to this list. Once we had a female prime minister. Was it different? Hell no!.. Same level of corruption, if not more. Maybe the subject of a much more interesting discussion is: What would the world be like if real human beings (...) (23 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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