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To: maceng2 who wrote (1121)	3/17/2002 3:00:05 PM
From: craig crawford	Respond to of 1643

>> OK, but American business up till now has always been ambitious. The market to be penetrated has always been the world market. When I see the USA act only in it's domestic markets, then I will believe what you are saying -g- << well as much as i respect jim rogers' opinions on investing, we part ways on the trade issue. if i'm not mistaken jim rogers is a libertarian, so i guess we would part ways on some other issues as well. in his article he thinks protectionism breeds hostilities by reducing the discourse between nations. he thinks it's a good thing that every culture drinks pepsi, watches the nba, and loves madonna. now we could debate this all day long, but i see evidence of just the opposite. i see people in the arab world who vehemently despise our culture, and one of the reasons is because they see ever increasing amounts of american culture seeping into their societies. take kuwait for instance. an american led coalition liberates their country from a brutal aggressor, yet ten years later what do the latest polls say? most kuwaitis don't like americans or agree with our war on terror. so it seems to me that trying to disperse american or western culture across the globe is not the answer. some societies don't want our culture thrust upon them--and i can see why. our culture has degraded to the point of being lewd, lascivious, licentious and self-indulgent. one of the problems with this country is that too many people are worried about how we are going to make the rest of the world like the usa, instead of how we can improve our own culture to set an example for the world. we would be better off trying to save our own culture rather than seeking to impose it on the rest of the world. we should pursue reagan's vision of "a shining city on a hill".