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Scott A wrote:
> > Not at all. If one makes mistakes (and we all have), must one feel bound to
> > continue making those same mistakes just because they once did?
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> Why not fix the mistakes 1st, before starting a new mess?
Because one can't afford to fix every mistake one has ever made. Do you
think the UK should fix all of the mistakes it made with it's
colonialism? Who is going to fix the mistakes the Romans made with their
colonialism (after all, some of our modern troubles do derive from those
mistakes)? Who's going to fix the mistakes that prehistoric man almost
certainly made that we have very little idea about, but which certainly
had ramifications still being felt today?
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Frank Filz
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| "Frank Filz" <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message news:3BB9D390.345B@m...ing.com... (...) Perhaps not. But this doesn't stop folk in Ireland, and the world over, believing that the British should return land that was taken a long time ago. Nor (...) (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Heck no - I'm talking about the current messes. Why build bases in places like Saudi-Arabia? Because of their love for democracy. Why support Israel? Why continue the current mess in Iraq. Why seek the extradition of an individuals without (...) (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I take your point. I think that the fact that they are "ineffective" is fundamental to understanding the situation - not an incidental fact. I should spend more time on my messages. (...) Why not fix the mistakes 1st, before starting a new (...) (23 years ago, 2-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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