On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 04:43:06PM -1000, Al Eridani wrote: > On 3/4/07, Freddy Freeloader <fredddy@cableone.net> wrote: > > >What does your personal internal paradigm have to do with how we > >Americans think our government should act, and what we perceive to be > >the best form of government for ourselves? > > So you are saying that only you, gold citizens of the almighty US, has > the right to express an opinion. Because I don't see you chastise other > US posters when they express their opinions of other countries. > No. Just that a foreigner's opinion carries little or no weight in how a country operates or governs itself. > You seem to have a very thin skin for these dabates. And you seem to > think that this is your toy, for you to play as you wish while the others > must conform to your rules. > You should read more of Freddy's postings. He is far from thin skinned. > >That's about as irrelevant > >as me telling you how Sweden should be run. > > Not at all. What the rest of the world wants is less interference from > the US. Great, and the US wants less interference from the rest of world, primarily Islamic extremists. > As far I can see, Sweden does not interfere with what happens > in other places, Really? Sweden is a member of NATO and the UN. Sweden also sent troops to Afghanistan. Under your definition, that constitutes interference. I mean, heck, why would Sweden send troops to Afghanistan if they weren't even attacked? > but the US does it all the time with deadly > consequences, currently in Iraq and Afghanistan. > War is a bloody business. It is unfortunate. What alternate solutions would you propose? > >Should I be telling everyone on this mailing list that I think Sweden's > >form of government is ludicrous and that I long ago lost respect for it, > >and its people, because it basically takes 75% of its citizens earnings > >as taxes and has created a citizenry that dependent on their government > >and sucks off the government's teat rather than being responsible for > >themselves? > > You just did and not much happened, did it? That's because any Swedish > readers won't lose any sleep over the fact that you don't respect them. > Big deal! > Just like he won't lose sleep over the fact that people don't like what the US does. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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