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Re: Rückkehr der Raumnazin
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 23 Dec 2005 16:00:30 GMT
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Ideas don’t have nationalities. They either have merit or not. Yours
didn’t for the reasons I gave. You obviously thought it did. So the
arguments are laid out.
As if it weren’t ever safe to ignore my blathering.
JOHN
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Actually, I think you’ll find the considered merit of ideas have quite distinct
nationalities. For example most of the developed world considers the idea of
capital punishment abhorrent and barbaric whilst the USA considers it to be in
important part of the justice system. That suggests to me that the considered
merit of the idea is strongly dependant on nationality.
I can think of many similar examples such as the considered merit of
social-democratic economic models (considered highly important by most
Scandinavians) and the importance of privacy (quite different views between
Anglophone nations and European nations for the most part).
Tim
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) I disagree. Your perception that the USA is in any way unified on the topic of capital punishment is incorrect-- just ask ==>Bruce<== or Dave! It's funny. Ask any American how they feel about capital punishment; I would guess most people would (...) (19 years ago, 24-Dec-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Ideas don't have nationalities. They either have merit or not. Yours didn't for the reasons I gave. You obviously thought it did. So the arguments are laid out. As if it weren't ever safe to ignore my blathering. JOHN (19 years ago, 23-Dec-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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