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Re: I'm just going to take a back seat.... Re: You Can Lead A Horse To Water....
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 14 Mar 2003 17:59:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
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> > So I'm asking with all seriousness and no veil of ulterior motive--what do
> > we do? Justice must prevail, if we are to hold to our own ideals. How do
> > we achieve justice in this situation?
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> Why is it the job of the US to bring justice to the world?
Well, my def'n of 'we' woudn't necessarily be "the US", for then it woudn't
be we, as in me... but I digress... ;)
I was thinking more along the lines of "if we (as in 'civilized society'
whether it be the UN, or such other institution) see atrocities taking place
somewhere in teh world--whether it be over fishing off the coast of the
Grand Banks, or exploitation of Alaskan environment for oil, or tin-pot
dictators beating up on their citizens, then what do we do about it?"
We're in the 21st century--the idea of autonomy is dead--what one of us does
on this little blue/green planet, affects the rest of us. So "we", each and
every one of us, has a stake in what others do, even if it's half a world away.
So again, what do we do about it?
Dave K
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