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To: Kevin Podsiadlik who wrote (132216)	10/1/2001 1:11:54 PM
From: craig crawford	Read Replies (1) of 164684

>> That's what I meant. So you're saying if we find a country is still practicing slavery, we can't stand up and say 'that's wrong'? << we can say whatever we like. it's an entirely different matter to impose our will or morality all over the globe. whatever happened to leading by example? >> The price of isolationism can be just as dear (see the Great Depression). << the depression had nothing to do with isolationism! >> And anyway, whether some people like it or not, we are the most powerful country in the world, by a pretty fair distance << so? having great power means we need to flex it on a regular basis and throw our weight around? hmm...didn't the british do that? where is "great" britain today? where are the romans today? >> I don't think we could go back to true isolationism anymore even if we wanted to. << oh that's a fine argument. we've been doing wrong for so long that we've gone too far to turn back now. is that the best you can do?

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