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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: The Philosopher who wrote (10882)4/9/2001 6:54:34 PM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (4) | Respond to of 82486
 
That old starfish story is a great story--for individuals, not for public policy.

A country needs to either take care of all the problems or have some rational and articulated basis for picking and choosing. Lately it's been the CNN factor--whatever cause has compelling pictures on TV. Then there's the national interest criterion, part real and part charade. Yugoslavia, yes. Rwanda, no. Or maybe we cater to those ethnicities with large US populations. Or natural resources. Or who poll the highest. Or those that are popular with our allies. What a quagmire!

Best that you tend to your starfish and I tend to mine.

Karen



To: The Philosopher who wrote (10882)4/9/2001 7:08:46 PM
From: epicure  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
And that is fine- individuals should choose all the starfish they want. I'm just not sure I want my government doing it. I am with Kholt on this one. In fact- I may just start to insert little dittoes after her posts. It would save me a great deal of time and get my point across better.


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