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From: gottlieb@alliant.UUCP (Bob Gottlieb)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Arab Psyche????  How about the Dutch?
Message-ID: <118@alliant.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 16-Dec-85 20:54:38 EST
Article-I.D.: alliant.118
Posted: Mon Dec 16 20:54:38 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 19-Dec-85 19:14:51 EST
References: <13@mit-vax.UUCP>
Reply-To: gottlieb@alliant.UUCP (Bob Gottlieb)
Organization: Alliant Computer Systems, Acton, MA
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Keywords: "Arab psyche"
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Summary: People and Governments

In article <13@mit-vax.UUCP> oaf@mit-vax.UUCP (Oded Feingold) writes:
>    However, it is perhaps fair to characterize certain governments  (in
>this  case  Arab ones) for characteristic qualities.  The Syrian example
>[girls biting snakes, people killing dogs] seems to me typical  of  that
>government's  cruelty  and  propensity  to  rule by lies and manipulated
>hysteria.

In the words of some Science Fiction writer (Gordy Dickson, I believe),
"People get the kind of government they deserve". I feel that this is
true. The broader statement: "People get the kind of government they want"
may be true at the subconscious level, anyway.

>    But  note  -  even general truths about a society or a government do
>not say anything about individuals from said society or  government.

I agree, as far as INDIVIDUALS are concerned. My previous statement is
meant to apply to societies/governments, not to individuals.

					-- Bob Gottlieb
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