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Re: Anyone else think this is a bad idea?
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Tue, 9 Oct 2001 05:55:11 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> snippo
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> Oh, and if you really truly are delusional enought to think all countries
> are equally bad, this REALLY ought to get you foaming.
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> http://www.nationalreview.com/goldberg/goldberg092801.shtml
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> It's a defense of Berlusconi, who happened to be 100% correct when he said:
breaking down the proposition now:
> "We should be conscious of the superiority of our civilization,...
"We should be aware of the advantage that modern liberal democracy derived
from the spoils of empire..."
> which consists of a value system that has given people widespread prosperity...
"followed by the past sixty years of broad based consumption..."
> in those countries that embrace it,...
"that now means those countries with the infrastructure and political
stability to maintain such prosperity..."
> and guarantees respect for human rights and religion.
"can do so as long as secular materialism and the easy comfort of the
majority are preserved."
Anyway, don't get me started on Berlusconi and corruption of the political
process. But do read (if you haven't already) the Lewis article in the
_Atlantic_ that Goldberg cites.
--DaveL
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