From: Steve Peterson (peterson.steve@verizon.net)
Date: Wed Dec 17 2003 - 02:15:32 GMT
Hi, folks who worry about being self-righteous,
>>> Dan, aren't we being just a little self righteous to believe we know what is
>>> best for everyone else and impose it on them? And do you believe that is
>>> really why we are there?
>>>
>>> RycheWorld@aol.com wrote:
>>>> In response to Andy:
>>>>
>>>> Our freedom (USA) but what about the rest of the world? Do they share the
>>>> same freedoms knowing that, should it not fit American approval, we shall
>>>> deprive their freedoms for "our righteous ways"?
>>>>
>>>> Dan
From the satirical newspaper, The Onion:
"It's important that life in liberated Iraq get back to normal as soon as
possible," said Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz at a press
conference Monday. "That's why we're making sure that Iraqis have the best
Christmas ever‹something they certainly wouldn't have had under Saddam
Hussein's regime."
Sure, imposing Christmas on Iraq would be stupid, but can't you see that
there are some aspects of our culture that are universally good and really
are worth promoting?
Some people prefer chocolate ice cream, some people like to throw every 3rd
baby into a volcano and circumcise their pubescent women. Is that it? Are
right and wrong simply a matter of cultural perspective? Or do you agree
with Pirsig that...
"Given a value-centered Metaphysics of Quality, it is absolutely,
scientifically moral for a doctor to prefer the patient. This is not just
an arbitrary social convention that should apply to some doctors but not to
all doctors, or to some cultures but not all cultures. It's true for all
people at all time, now and forever, a moral pattern of reality as real as
H2O. "
Regards,
Steve
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