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Sat, 1 Dec 2001 22:54:42 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Shiri Dori writes:
> *Actually*, to be fair, the "American Way" as you define it is *much* more
> omnipresent in the Declaration of Independence than in the Constitution.
Sorry, but this made me arrrrggh: "more omnipresent". "Omni-" means
"all," making it redundant. Of course, *I* knew what you meant, but
I'm just an omnidork.
> Man, can I relate to this sentence. Here in Israel the general reaction to
> the September 11th events - the first-off, kneejerk reaction was: "Now
> they'll finally know what we've been talking about for so long." Regardless
> of the later reactions, the first thought was "now the U.S. has tasted some
> terrorism. They'll understand now."
Unfortunately we're still in the mindset of "with enough safeguards
we can protect ourselves and make this never happen again," because
unlike what happened in Jerusalem about an hour ago, we haven't had
anyone blowing themselves up on a crowded street (yet). So I can't
say that the US "understands" the way that Israel does--we probably
never will, because of sheer geopolitics.
best
LFB
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