On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 10:14:38 -0800 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:39:31AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > Since the US hasn't ratified the ICJ treaty, it can't happen, unless > > the Europeans come in (in force) and *take* GWB. (Ha ha ha ha ha.) > > First off, my advance apologies for a bit of rambling; I'm quite > tired, overly caffeinated, and coming off a very long work-week. That > being said... > > To be honest, I doubt the Europeans would have to; they just need to > stay out of our way as we self-destruct. The U.S. is, sadly, heading > along the merry path of the Roman empire. I'd wager that in less than > a century, you will see the birth of a true theocracy within the U.S.
whatever about the rest, a theocracy in a century! bush has already made public statements about how god instructed him to invade afghanistan and iraq. what the hell happend to separation of church and state? on top of that, nobody in the u.s. reacts; which fully lends credence to the statement about the merry path. apathy is what destroys hope, and the apathy and complacence of the u.s. citizenry is putting the rest of the world in jeapordy. there is a vast difference between the energy of those who engaged in the original debates about the ethics and constitution of your first independent government and the mass lethargy of the current population. the only valid argument against democracy is the u.s. not only do you have an unelected head of state, but those in power at the present time are doing all they can to hastily invalidate the basic tenets of democracy. from the outside looking in, the rest of us on the planet can only hope that the versions of democracy we develop will serve as a means for the u.s. to find its way back to the original idea. ben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
