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From: ray@rochester.UUCP (Ray Frank)
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Subject: Re: Re: America-bashing
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Date: Fri, 26-Jul-85 15:21:04 EDT
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> Charles Forsythe writes:
> The entire reason I entered into this particular debate was that many
> people were claiming that "the foreigners had no justification and
> (even) no RIGHT to hate us." They have a right to hate us and a
> reasonable amount of justification (even if it IS nit-picking).

No one that I know of on the net said we were not aloud to be hated. If some-
one wants to hate us fine, but that in itself does not ALWAYS make the
hatred justified.  Thus I do not ALWAYS have to be concerned.


> It's not your problem if you can successfully isolate yourself from the
> rest of the world. Never go to an unfriendly country. Be careful, in
> your job, to stay away from foriegn trade situations. On a personal
> level, there's no reason any one of us should give a damn how someone
> 3000 miles (5100 km) away feels. However, in a global sense, the world
> is getting too small for petty nationalism. For the sake of world
> relations (read PEACE), we should listen to our critics a little and
> change if necessary.

I'm willing to listen to any grievences.  But who determines how much we
change, or how much we listen?  What criticisms are merely self serving
ulterior motives disguised as vanguards of world peace? i.e. get the missles
out of Europe but use yours if you have to protect us.  Khomenini has a few
opinions about us, he called us the Great Satan.  Are you suggesting for a 
moment that I deal with this or even acknowledge him.  Sure these are out-
standing examples, but there must be many very subtle ones out there lurking in
the shadows.

We'll it's too close to the weekend to go any further, so I'm off, and besides,
my finger tips are quite burnt from my hot little keyboard.