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

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (24885)	8/26/2001 5:51:29 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

Look,if you're in favor of a conquering binge, let;'s pick some GOOD areas. Western Europe. Canada. Australia. New Zealand. No, they'd all fight back. We wouldn't want anyone to get hurt. And have you ever been to Africa? It's vast and beautiful. That was a spoof, right? Tell me yes. It wasn't exactly a spoof. But it wasn't a serious proposal either, as you realized. It was a straw-man for an academic exercise. A little outside-the-box what-if. I really do have a hands-off point of view. That was all discussed on the thread a while back. I don't remember if you were around for it or not. It was during that discussion that X got dumped on for saying that we shouldn't intervene in Somalia despite the slavery going on there, part of the reason her values are questioned, I suppose. I remember agreeing with her on Somalia. But I digress... I just thought it might be fun to take O'Rourke's notion a few more steps and consider whether it's wise and/or moral to use our superiority for a fresh round of imperialism. You know, with Africa weakened due to ineptitude and AIDS, maybe in ten or twenty years, China might start thinking that Africa would be a good place for its people to spread out. Africa's a sitting duck. What, if anything, would we do about that? Would it be smart or moral for us to take it preemptively? Just noodling, Laz. A little futuristic fantasy. Your namesake would appreciate it... "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." -Aristotle Karen